The Irish Times

An Bord Pleanála has given the go-ahead for a controversial plan for an apartment and hotel complex on the site of Clancy Barracks in Dublin. The plan includes a 15-storey tower which was given approval despite a recommendation by the board's inspector to reject it. Florence Properties and Chanterwork Properties have been given planning permission to build almost 900 apartments and a 200-room hotel as part of a redevelopment of the 19th century barracks. The accommodation will be provided in 45 blocks ranging in size from one to seven storeys, with some nine-storey elements and a hotel of 10 to 15 storeys.