Up to 900 jobs could be created at Dublin Airport with the planned €130m development of a four star hotel and multi-storey car park linked directly to the airport's new passenger terminal T2.

About 550 jobs will be created during the construction phase of the project and when opened, the new hotel is expected to employ about 350 staff.

Plans for the new hotel, which will have up to 470 bedrooms, and the linked multi-storey car park with up to 2,900 spaces, have been lodged by the Dublin Airport Authority (DAA).

The project will be developed in conjunction with Northern Ireland property developer and design and build contractor McAleer & Rushe.

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Subject to planning, the new 11-storey Crowne Plaza hotel will have a floor area of 28,000 sq metres. In addition to up to 470 bedrooms, it will contain associated business facilities, bars, restaurant, meeting rooms and a state-of-the-art fitness centre.

"This development will greatly enhance customer choice and convenience for airport users," said DAA Commercial Director Jack MacGowan.

Co Tyrone based McAleer & Rushe is one of Northern Ireland’s largest commercial property companies and contractors. Over the past decade it has built 40 hotels with a total of 6,500 bedrooms.

Tifco is an Irish company that owns and manages Clontarf Castle Hotel, and the Crowne Plaza and Express By Holiday Inn brands in Ireland. It owns four hotels in Ireland and one in Germany and has two further properties under construction.

Crowne Plaza has almost 300 hotels worldwide and has properties in 51 countries. It operates its brands in Ireland through Tifco. Crowne Plaza has hotels in Dublin and Dundalk with a third due to open in Blanchardstown this summer.

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