GO AHEAD FOR CONTROVERSIAL DEVELOPMENT ON CONNAUGHT LAUNDRY SITE

Date Published: 08-May-2008

The green light has been given for a hotel to be built on the old Connaught Laundry site on St Helen's Street in the city, despite a large number of objectionsGalway city council has granted Jaytar Limited permission for the development which has been highly controversial The hotel development is to consist of 4 main blocks with a total of 126 suites, 7 meeting rooms, restaurant, bar, reception area as well as a basement leisure centre with a swimming pool, gym and treatment roomsChief among the 44 planning conditions is that the developer must omit 10 rooms on the 2nd floor of hotel block C