Red Cow hotel to be demolished

From the South Dublin County Council website:

"A decision was made on 16th August 2007 by South Dublin County Council to grant permission to Moran Hotels Ireland Ltd. for the re-development of the Red Cow Hotel Site (Planning Ref: SD06A/0927).

"The proposal includes development in two phases comprising in phase 1:

"A new 17 storey hotel including a conference building north of the existing hotel
Demolition of the existing Business and Exhibition Centre
Construction of a 6-storey car park

"Phase 2 will comprise:
Demolition of the existing hotel
An 8 storey extension to part of the newly constructed hotel of Phase 1 including an extended Conference Centre facility.

"An appeal to An Bord Pleanala against this decision may be made before 12th September 2007 by the applicant or any third party who has made a submission on the application. In the event that no appeal is lodged, a grant of permission will issue.

"Full details of the application are available on the Councils Planning Applications Website Tony Shanahan Administrative Officer Planning Department tshanahan@sdublincoco.ie
web: www.sdublincoco.ie
Phone: (01) 4149000 Extn: 2302
Fax: (01) 4149104"