Dublin City Council has approved a €35m development project which will include a new 117-bedroomed hotel for Dublin’s Dawson St.

Builders and developers who worked through the seven years of property market implosion and slump are beginning to gear up for a return to construction in cities like Dublin, Galway and Cork.

A new residential development in Ballymoneen, Knocknacarra in Galway is set to create 200 jobs.