U2 to appeal hotel planning refusal

Plans by Bono and The Edge to revive their parked €150m revamp of Dublin’s Clarence Hotel were stopped in their tracks by Dublin City Council, the High Court heard yesterday.

However, the council’s decision can be challenged, a judge has ruled.

Eamon Galligan, counsel for The Clarence Partnership, which includes developer Paddy McKillen, said the local authority refused to extend planning permission it granted in 2007 for a new and enlarged hotel.