Tourism body claim 13-storey apartment block 'will compromise Guinness storehouse experience'

The towers planned for the Liberties area near the Guinness brewery are to house the apartments as well as shops, restaurants, medical facilities, co-working spaces and a creche.

A national tourism body has claimed that an apartment development containing a 13-storey block will compromise the visitor experience and views from the Gravity Bar in the Guinness Storehouse.

Last month, one of the country’s largest builders, Patrick Crean's Marlet Property Group lodged plans for 10-year planning permission to construct 550 ‘build to rent’ apartments in five blocks at Grand Canal Harbour at Grand Canal Place at Dublin 8.