Green light for 185-bed Vicar Street hotel despite local opposition

Dublin City Council has given the green light to developer, Harry Crosbie for a new eight storey 185 bedroom hotel at Vicar Street in the Dublin Liberties in spite of some local opposition.

A spokesman for Mr Crosbie said on Tuesday that it is hoped that construction work on the Vicar St Hotel will commence on the project in the next number of weeks and that the hotel will be open for business in 2020.