Housing
Council warns Dublin hotel over short-term apartment lettings
Company operating Drury Court in city centre says there is a shortage of tourist accommodation in the city
The owner of the Drury Court Hotel and P Mac’s craft beer bar have been issued warning letters and an enforcement notice for using city-centre apartments as short-term lets.
Measures were introduced in 2019 to restrict the letting of whole residential properties on a short-term basis. Local authorities were also given powers to investigate the advertisement of residential market housing on websites such as Airbnb, Vrbo and Booking.com.
Councils can initially serve warning letters that ...