Julianstown Hotel owners green light to replace function room gutted by fire

The owners of the Glenside Hotel in Julianstown have been given the go-ahead to replace the function room which was gutted by fire last April.

The function room at the popular wedding venue was extensively damaged in the blaze and is nothing more than a shell but thankfully fire crews managed to prevent it from spreading to the rest of the hotel and it reopened a week later.

The hotel owners, Tadiam Ltd, are now planning to demolish the fire damaged ballroom and rebuild a new function room and Meath County Council recently them planning permission for the proposed development.

The plans include the demolition of the existing fire damaged 420sqm function room and the construction of a new function room, toilet accommodation, keg rooms and staff welfare facilities comprising with a total area of 650sqm.

The plans also include the erection of new front entrance canopy, installation of new windows and doors to the existing front toilet block, modifications and upgrading of the existing site entrance adjacent the R132 roadway and new landscaping and hardstanding works to the perimeter of the new function room at the Glenside Hotel, Smithtown, Julianstown.