9 new hotels and new-look stays – from Ireland’s biggest budget hotel to a cottage for couples

From a Travelodge PLUS to a new boutique bolthole in Kilkenny, Pól Ó Conghaile has the latest hotel intel...

The g hotel, Co Galway

Pól Ó Conghaile

Ireland’s most hotly-anticipated new hotel? After Ashford Castle’s owners scrapped plans for a Dublin hotel at Hatch Hall, my mind turned to Ladyville House — a reimagination of Loftus Hall on the Hook Peninsula.

But then, Ireland’s first Hoxton hotel is coming to Dublin in 2024, as is Ruby’s brand of “lean luxury”. Or what about The Dean in development for Kilkenny, or Galway’s Crown Square?