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Landmark Westbury Hotel set for €50 million expansion plan

The Doyle Collection of hotels is planning a major expansion of the Dublin city centre hotel but has warned the proposals could be scuppered by concerns over access to the business

The luxury five-star hotel on Balfe Street is one of Dublin’s best-known hotels

The owners of the landmark Westbury Hotel off Dublin’s Grafton Street are planning a €50 million expansion of the property over the coming years, the Business Post can reveal.

Details of the planned refurbishment are contained in a dossier prepared by Mola Architecture, a Dublin-based firm, on behalf of The Doyle Collection, the family-run hotel group which owns the business, and submitted to Dublin City Council.

It is intended that this planned expansion recognises and ...