Hostel proposal 'not remotely viable' for James Joyce’s 'House of the Dead', says Councillor

The development of a 56-bed hostel on the site of James Joyce’s 'House of the Dead' on Dublin’s quays "will diminish the fabric, layout and character of the building", according to Dublin City Councillor Deirdre Conroy.

The Fianna Fáil Councillor has told the Council that the plan for the overhaul of the protected structure that was once home to James Joyce’s grand aunts and the setting of Joyce’s best known short story, ‘The Dead’, “is not remotely viable for such a significant protected structure”.