Finland's Bob W To Make Dublin Debut With Donnybrook Stadium Aparthotel

Property developer Keith Craddock has secured planning permission to demolish a Circle K petrol station opposite Donnybrook Stadium in Dublin and replace it with a seven-storey aparthotel. The planning approval was granted to a subsidiary of Red Rock Developments for a scheme comprising 143 bedrooms above a ground-floor restaurant and café at the junction of Donnybrook and Brookvale roads, according to The Irish Times. The decision followed the refusal by An Coimisiún Pleanála for an earlier proposal for a 10-storey student accommodation block on the same site. Planning consultant John Spain Associates, acting for the applicant, described the plot as underused and...