Plans for two new hotels in Dublin with a total of almost 350 rooms have been appealed to An Bord Pleanála. A unit of Dutch hotel company CitizenM received approval last month from Dublin City Council for a 247-bedroom development on a site fronting Bridge Street, close to St Patrick’s Cathedral. It will mark the company’s first property in Ireland. It already operates hotels at locations across Europe, the United States and Asia. Its proposed scheme was the subject of a significant number of objections. Among them was one made by Councillor Mannix Flynn on behalf of local residents.