Dublin City Council has given the green light to the United States embassy for 40 additional parking spaces at the former Jurys hotel site in Ballsbridge. The US was granted a five-year temporary planning permission for the surface car park at the former Jurys hotel site to accommodate 14 US government cars and 26 embassy staff cars. Arup said that the embassy site car park has reached its functional capacity and only has usable space for 15 fleet cars. The submission added that “the current embassy site cannot accommodate these requirements, and there is no scope for expansion”. The submission said the shortfall in car spaces for fleet cars at the embassy creates “an inefficient, dispersed and potentially non-secure system”.

Source: The Irish Times December 24, 2025 03:59 UTC