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# Hatch Hall

Last year

2022

Ashford Castle owners secure planning permission for 60-bedroom hotel in Dublin city centre

The appeals board has now granted planning permission after the plan was put on hold last year.

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Jun 3rd 2022, 6:51 PM

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200 people to be moved as Dublin city Direct Provision centre closes down

It was reported in March that Hatch Hall will be turned into a 5-star hotel.

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Jun 19th 2019, 4:05 PM

PHOTOS: Intimate images from asylum seekers’ lives in Ireland

Photographer Rory O’Neill sneaked into ‘direct provision’ accommodation in central Dublin to capture these pictures.

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Jul 21st 2012, 8:00 AM