A residents group in the Thomas Street area of Dublin 8 believe that the area is over-saturated by hotels and the more lands being swallowed up by hotels only exacerbates the housing situation for residents. Bridgefoot Street Residents Association and Bridgefoot Street Youth Group have lodged an objection against plans for a an 80 bedroom aparthotel by Welthomas Property Ltd for 144 Thomas Street. Ó Meachair said that one aparthotel provider alone already has four premises in Dublin 8. The planning report states that the scheme “proposes the regeneration of a vacant, urban infill, brownfield site”. The report states that the site “is currently used as a surface car park representing a highly inefficient and unsustainable use of a scarce land resource in the inner-city”.

Source: The Irish Times March 09, 2026 21:50 UTC