{"id":449629,"date":"2026-05-15T04:24:16","date_gmt":"2026-05-15T04:24:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/449629\/"},"modified":"2026-05-15T04:24:16","modified_gmt":"2026-05-15T04:24:16","slug":"dalata-opens-maldron-hotel-beside-croke-park-in-time-for-all-ireland-championships-the-irish-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/449629\/","title":{"rendered":"Dalata opens Maldron Hotel beside Croke Park in time for All Ireland championships \u2013 The Irish Times"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">Hotel group Dalata has opened its latest Maldron property, with the Maldron Hotel Croke Park officially opening its doors. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">The property, which has created 80 jobs, is the company\u2019s 21st hotel in Dublin, and expands the Maldron brand\u2019s presence in Ireland. It brings to 27 the number of hotels operated by the brand in Ireland and the UK. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">The hotel is located directly opposite Croke Park Stadium at the junction of Clonliffe Road and Jones\u2019 Road, and offers 200 guest rooms, four meeting rooms, a bar and a restaurant. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">The 200-guestroom property is Dalata\u2019s 21st hotel in Dublin and features four meeting rooms, a fitness suite, bar and restaurant. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">The hotel has a range of environmental features including green roofs, air\u2011source heat pumps and EV charging points, with its red\u2011brick fa\u00e7ade designed to complement the surrounding environment. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">\u201cDublin remains an exceptionally strong and attractive hotel market, underpinned by continued economic growth, rising employment and growing business and leisure visitor numbers,\u201d said Dermot Crowley, chief executive of Dalata Hotel Group. \u201cThe addition of this hotel represents another important step in Dalata\u2019s continued growth journey, as we invest in high\u2011quality assets in key strategic markets.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">The opening coincides with the start of the GAA Championship, with Dalata sponsoring the under-20 Football Championship. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">\u201cDalata has become an important partner to the GAA through its support of the Under-20 Football Championship and its commitment to recognising the role that young players, volunteers and communities play in the future of our games,\u201d Jarlath Burns, President of the GAA said. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">\u201cThe opening of Maldron Hotel Croke Park, in such an iconic location, is another important milestone in that relationship.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">Dalata\u2019s development partners on the project were McAleer &amp; Rushe, which also worked on the Croke Park Hotel for the GAA 20 years ago. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Hotel group Dalata has opened its latest Maldron property, with the Maldron Hotel Croke Park officially opening its&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":449630,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[72,764,14145,195392,61,60],"class_list":["post-449629","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-business","tag-business","tag-croke-park","tag-dalata","tag-dermot-crowley","tag-ie","tag-ireland"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/449629","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=449629"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/449629\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/449630"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=449629"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=449629"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=449629"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}