O'Shea's Hotel, 19 Talbot Street, Dublin 1
Extensions and alterations to a hotel to increase the bedroom count from 34 to 54.
3147/24 · Dublin City Council · Lodged 6 February 2024
- Reference
- 3147/24
- Authority
- Dublin City Council
- Register status
- Decided
- Type
- Permission
- Received
- 6 February 2024
Summary
AI-generatedThe development at this protected structure hotel includes the demolition of a rear return to build a new return with 3 bedrooms, first-floor extensions for 5 bedrooms, and a three-storey extension atop a rear element to provide 12 additional bedrooms.
- Residential units
- 20
- Storeys
- 3
Generated from the description above by an AI model and may contain mistakes. The council’s description is the authoritative record.
Official record
Development description
Protected structure: the development will consist of: (i) works at ground floor level to include the demolition of the rear return and construction of new rear return to provide 3 no. New bedrooms, new stairwell and new external courtyard; (ii) revision of first floor layout and extension of first floor to provide 5 no. New bedrooms and new stairwell; (iii) provision of three-storey extension atop non-original two-storey rear element to provide 12 no. Additional bedrooms; and, (iv) all ancillary works, from basement to fourth floor level, necessary to facilitate the development. The cumulative works will increase the number of hotel bedrooms from 34 to 54 no. The subject property is a protected structure (rps no. 7991).
Land-use zoning
What this land is zoned for
“To protect the existing architectural and civic design character, and to allow only for limited expansion consistent with the conservation objective.”
National zoning type: General
Objective set by the Development Plan 2022-2028 (2022–2028). The planning authority decides each application on its own merits — this is the zoning context, not a compliance assessment.
Read the zoning objectives in the development planBuilt & sold
What happened next
Beyond the decision: whether this development was built, and what property here has sold for.
Recent sales nearby
within 500 m| Address | Date | Price | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 14 Custom Hall, Deverell Place, Gardiner St Dublin 1 | May 2026 | €237,000 | 103 m |
| 8 Custom Hall, Lower Gardiner St, Dublin 1 | May 2026 | €425,000 | 103 m |
| 12 Liberty Corner, Foley St, Dublin 2 | Aug 2025 | €381,000 | 124 m |
| 53 Custom Hall, Lower Gardiner St, Dublin 1 | Feb 2025 | €215,000 | 129 m |
| 37 Liberty Corner, Foley St, Dublin 1 | Mar 2025 | €395,500 | 130 m |
| 44 Liberty Corner, James Joyce St, Dublin 1 | Oct 2025 | €305,000 | 130 m |
| Apt 18, Moland House, Talbot St Dublin 1 | Jun 2025 | €400,000 | 134 m |
| 18 Liberty Corner, Foley St, Dublin 1 | Jun 2025 | €350,000 | 137 m |
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Key dates
Timeline
- Application received6 February 2024
- Decision due15 July 2024
- Decision issued15 July 2024
- Permission expiry3 October 2029
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