Planning permission for another hotel and "licensed restaurant" at the historic Merchant's Arch has been lodged with Dublin City Council.
A major protest kicked off after plans to build a three storey "boutique" restaurant and hotel on the other side of the laneway were approved by An Bord Pleanala. Under the plans, four independent shops will be demolished at the Temple Bar end of the laneway that runs from the Ha'penny Bridge into the main square of Temple Bar.
The new plans lodged earlier this month seek permission to turn shoe shop China Blue on Wellington Quay into a "licensed restaurant" and eight bedroom hotel.
