Planners refuse Mairead Ronan's Waterford extension designed by Dermot Bannon

Dermot Bannon’s architectural firm draw up plans for a 2,518 sq ft extension—almost a four-fold increase on the existing 648 sq ft home

Mairead Ronan has stated in a previous interview that Dunmore East is her favourite place in Ireland to visit. File picture: Marc O'Sullivan

Máiréad Ronan and her husband, Louis, have had their dreams dashed of a Dermot Bannon-inspired holiday home make-over in Dunmore East in Co Waterford.

This follows An Bord Pleanála refusing planning permission to the Ronans for a proposed two-storey extension to their home in the holiday hotspot.