Special Report ‘Dangerous’ Dublin: Violent attacks on tourists, open drug-taking and a lack of visible policing The Business Post spent Thursday and Friday night on O’Connell Street to witness life in the city centre after darkness falls
Front Page In this week’s Business Post: Ireland is ‘playing with fire’ in ‘dangerous drift’ towards NatoOur columnists on security and Sinn Féin and what next for the GPO?
Planning Gresham Hotel scrapping large suites to create more beds The owners of the O’Connell Street hotel want to convert the “significantly underutilised” large rooms into 25 new rooms
Retail Clerys redeveloper requests planning change for restaurantOCES Property has raised concerns that two smaller spaces, for retail and food-and-beverage, would be better used as one larger space for ‘quality food’ offerings from market-leading brands
Commercial Property Boost for O’Connell Street with new developments and hotels More than 1,000 hotel bedrooms have come on stream in and around O’Connell Street in Dublin, while the 310-bedroom Motel One is due to open this year
Commercial Property Smiles Dental building on Dublin’s O’Connell Street on sale for €3.5mThe property, which is next door to the Clerys Quarter in Dublin 1, is subject to an upward only passing rent of €160,000 per annum exclusive with no break clause
Dublin council loosens planning rules to liven up city centreKey retail streets, which have seen values drop thanks to online shopping, will be allowed to house more cultural, leisure and entertainment offerings
The battle for Dublin’s soul: Are recent protests against hotels near cultural spaces a sign of things to come?Developments at Merchant’s Arch in Temple Bar and The Cobble Stone in Smithfield have led to protests accusing the authorities of allowing Dublin’s heritage of being commodified. The capital has changed immeasurably in the last two decades but now, fears are growing that its culture is in danger.
