The owners of the Orwell Lodge Hotel, on Orwell Road, in Rathgar, Dublin 6, have been refused permission by An Bord Pleanala to demolish a house and replace it with a three-storey extension to include 18 bedrooms and a kitchen.
In Bray, the board has also refused permission for 139 apartments at Upper Dargle Road. Also refused was a plan to develop a village with 341 holiday units at Mosney Holiday Centre at Briarlease, Co Meath.