Luxury hotel at Loreto Hall approved despite objections

Dublin City Council has given the go-ahead for a €40m plan to convert Loreto Hall, a former women’s hostel on St Stephen’s Green, into a luxury hotel.

The local authority has given Brown Table Solutions Ltd the go-ahead for the 87- bedroom hotel with restaurant and spa at 77 St Stephen’s Green, which will involve building an eight-storey block to the rear.

The development has received the green light in spite of objections from the Department of Foreign Affairs, the Office of Public Works (OPW) and the Irish Georgian Society.