Hotels on the horizon in major new Dublin Port expansion

Dublin Port Company plans to change the way the port interacts with the city

Eamonn O'Reilly, chief executive of Dublin Port Company Picture: Maura Hickey

Dublin Port Company wants to build a 600-bed hotel on the Poolbeg Peninsula alongside the nearly 3,000 houses planned by Dublin City Council – and is considering building another one just across from the 3 Arena.

That’s just the start of what the port company has in mind for the parts of the newly designated Poolbeg West strategic development zone (SDZ) - and for the way the port interacts with the city.

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