Dalata backs Ronan’s higher building bid

Dalata, which owns the Clayton and Maldron brands, has been chosen by Ronan’s company to operate a luxury hotel on the Dublin docklands site

Pat McCann, chief executive, and John Hennessy, chairman of Dalata: ‘We’ll be supporting Johnny’ Pic: Maxwells

Dalata, the country’s biggest hotel operator, has thrown its support behind Johnny Ronan’s plan to expand an office development in the Dublin docklands.

Dalata, which owns the Clayton and Maldron brands, has been chosen by Ronan’s company to operate a luxury hotel on the site, which is earmarked to be the new Irish headquarters for tech giant Salesforce.

Ronan and his co-developers, Colony Capital, want to extend the height of the building planned ...