A "tsunami" of hotels in the Dublin 8 area has driven one Councillor to call for the latest planning application for an "aparthotel" to be rejected.
Labour Councillor Darragh Moriarty told Dublin Live the developer should be "nudged" towards building residential units which he said "the city is crying out for". The homelessness crisis has been deepening across the city with the latest figures showing another record breaking number of people availing of emergency accommodation.
The Dublin 8 area is also known to have a high number of applicants on social housing waiting lists compared to other areas. The Liberties is also already "oversaturated" with hotel rooms, with Cllr Moriarty estimating there are 1,373 hotel rooms built recently, being built or in the pipeline in the "immediate vicinity".
