JD Wetherspoon chairman and Brext-backing Tim Martin has announced his firm will be sinking £13.1m in a new pub and 98-bedroom hotel in Dublin city centre.
This is the largest single investment from the pub company in the EU, and the new venture will see 200 new jobs created in the Republic.
Development work at the site will begin next February, with the pub and hotel set to open early 2019.
Martin stated, 'We are looking forward to developing the site into a fantastic pub and hotel.
'It will be the biggest single investment undertaken by Wetherspoon and will result in our largest hotel alongside a superb pub.
'Our pubs in the Republic of Ireland are thriving and we are confident that the pub and hotel will be a great asset to Dublin and act as a catalyst for other businesses to invest in the city.'