Planning permission is being sought for a 179-bedroom hotel beside the Spawell Sports & Leisure centre at Wellington Lane in Templeogue, Dublin 6W. The scheme will include a five-storey block over basement car park, a two-storey over basement sports centre and two three-storey staff apartments. In Dublin city, the owners of the Gresham Hotel in O'Connell Street are looking for permission to refurbish and redecorate the ground floor public areas of the hotel. The hotel is a protected structure.