Businessman Deepak Sharma’s Figs Properties Ltd is seeking planning permission for the hotel at 30-33 College Green and also fronting onto Suffolk Street.

The most recent accounts for Peachport Ltd states that its main activity is the provision of emergency accommodation services and its work in the sector has proven to be very lucrative.

Jeffrey Kelly, age 44, of Sheephill Avenue, Blanchardstown, Dublin, is accused of attacking Joseph Morgan, who suffered "life-changing injuries" on September 10th.

Gardaí from the Dublin Metropolitan Region South Central Drugs Unit stopped and searched a vehicle in the Dublin 2 area.

The decision now paves the way for one of Europe’s largest tourist hostel operators, the Berlin-headquartered a&o, to establish its first tourist hostel in the Irish market