The planned hotel is totally out of character for this historic street. I understand the area needs redevelopment but another box on box building is just awful. Pity the city planners have no concept of what could be achieved with a thought out plan and which would bring people in to this much neglected area of Dublin. I doubt any other planning authority would have allowed the destruction of such historic buildings from the “dutch billy houses” , the markets etc,. If this street were anywhere else, I think so much more effort would be put in to developing it as an upmarket , living and recreational area.

Hopefully it will not get repurposed

Not a great advertisement for newly elected SF TD Marie Devine.

I have no issue with the modernisation of the city but I’m sick of god awful eyesores like this getting planning permission. It’s just so ugly

Thomas street was proposed by Dublin City council and an taisce to be an ACA(architectural conservation area), it’s one of the few historic streets left in the capital, and among other things includes the oldest house in the city, number 130. This being good old Ireland though, everything is for sale. Developers paradise. At the very least build housing, but here we are with another hotel.

Hahaha sinners TDs incompetentcy highlighted here. “The rules need to be revised” to suit me and my agenda. Comical toys out of the pram stuff.

The area is zombie land and in need of a lot of redevelopment to attract in people that would be role modals for the local kids, Employed people that will keep shops and restaurants open, people with skills to be of benifits to the local area. For to long the area has being infested with inafective hard left wasters. sorry I mean community activists, not interested in improving the lot of the locals just brainwashing them with victimhood and dispare.
Having said that the proposed hotel is just another ugly red brick building, needs a modern outer cladding.

Will end up as a wet hostel or asylum seeker accommodation at some point. Harry makes money regardless but the locals take the pain. No locals demonstrating or putting up objections though, do they not care at all?

An here, Thomas St is not derelict when Vicar St is closed – Crosbie is completely waffling.

It’s a pity the design of the hotel is so austere looking. A lot of buildings like that going up on the area.

Ffs there’s enough hotels its houses that we need janey mack!!!!

What’s more of an eyesore are all of Maire Devine’s election posters still zip tied to every lamppost all along the length of Thomas St and James’ St and surrounds….a week after the election…when most others have taken theirs down.

If Cole Devine is so concerned about how the area looks…well ‘nuff said..

Another ugly, unimaginative squat box to pollute the Dublin urban environment. Do architects in this county have imagination bypasses to qualify?

Harry Crosbie has done the city proud to date and I cannot see him doing anything but building a great addition to the City

Dublin needs to be Bulldozed and started again.

Another hotel. Ffs. When will it end

SO, it was a lone wolf SF councillor who objected , wonder how many more of them do this, they have form too.

And her to admit her mistake was stupid perhaps adds credibility to the election results?

Something with more character and tradition would be more appropriate for Dublin. They look to towns in the uk, they have buildings that are in keeping with the surroundings. They don’t just fire up some prefab style build in amongst old style streets and buildings. We on the other hand always run with overpriced cheap crap!

Oh that is the funniest article I have read here in tears. Back to school for the poor objector and good luck Harry with the project!!!!!

Will the theatre be incorporated into the new development ?

Let’s green-light a brown, brutalist, eyesore of a building that looks like a shoebox, that is completely out of keeping with the surrounding area and visually clashes with a grey old church nearby. Dublin is full of such ugly buildings. Why can we not do new buildings and infrastructural projects like other modern European countries? Is it our poor, agricultural background? Or just plain old incompetence?

Great to see the total incompetence of this Sinn Fein TD totally ignored in favour of focusing on the architectural merits or demerits. Bufoon.

Well done Harry Crosbie for in a small way dragging the kip of an area in to the 21st century, Dublin is the most run down shit hole so called city in Europe, North Korea has better Infrastructure, a minority of the usual stupid objectors always trying to block badly needed modernization, no wonder 70.000 thousand young people emigrate from this country each year to countries with modern cities and 21st century infrastructure, eg an underground rail system that is built no 40years talking about it being built

I see someone sent A letter BP ABD they want to be in Government