Dalata Hotel Group has announced that it has signed an agreement for the lease of a new 4-star Maldron hotel to be built adjacent to Croke Park.

The hotel is scheduled to open in the second half of 2023. It will have approximately 200 bedrooms, a business centre with six meeting rooms and bar and restaurant facilities.

Ian Guider, markets editor of The Business Post, brought us this story and more in our round-up of the business news, including:

• Property prices rose by 0.6% last year, according to the CSO
• KBC Bank profits fell last year
• The boss of Barclays is being investigated because of his links to Jeffrey Epstein

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