Dublin City Council has approved a plan by businessman Eamon Waters for an eight-storey hotel close to St Stephen’s Green. Officials have granted planning permission for a 73-bedroom hotel on the site known as Textile House on Johnson Place, which is opposite the Grafton Hotel, owned by Mr Waters. An Coimisiún Pleanála had refused planning to Mr Waters’ development company Grafton Residence UC last May for a new 61-bedroom hotel on the same site. Photo: Stephen Collins/CollinsToday's News in 90 - Tuesday January 13The portfolio of Mr Waters’ Sretaw Hotel Group includes the Chancery Hotel on Ship Street Great near Dublin Castle as well as the Grafton Hotel. Mr Waters sold his Beauparc Utilities group in 2021 for €1.4bn to Australia’s Macquarie Infrastructure Fund.

Source: Irish Independent January 13, 2026 19:19 UTC