Paddy McKillen jnr

Where did it all go wrong for Press Up?

Risk of over-expansion killing the goose laying the golden egg was always there for Paddy McKillen jnr and Matt Ryan – and Covid made it real

‘A place in the country’: Getaway where Colm Tóibín and Maeve Binchy were entertained on the market for €435,000

Laois home of late Irish Times literary editor Caroline Walsh and writer and professor James Ryan

Private investor closing in on deal for McKillen jnr’s Lucky Duck pub

Developer came close to selling Aungier Street pub for €2m to owners of Flannery’s and PMac’s before agreeing current deal

Goodbody Stockbrokers HQ returns to market at heavily discounted price of €32.5m

Dublin 4 office block came close to being sold for €48m immediately prior to Covid-19 pandemic

Paddy McKillen jnr seeking €2.75m for landmark Lamb Doyle’s pub

Famed premises in the foothills of the Dublin Mountains comes for sale with planning application in train for 14 houses

McKillen jnr completes sale of majority stake in Dean hotels

Deal places value of €355m on Dean Hotel Group and opens door for brand’s expansion into Europe and the US

Redundancies on the rise as labour market softens

Seen & Heard: Solar 21 delays; the race for Blanchardstown Centre; Paddy McKillen jnr’s Mount Merrion scheme; Ireland’s visual effects boom

Kingspan faces potential fines while Revenue secures €750m in settlements

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Paddy McKillen jnr seeking €13.5m for three Dublin pubs

Press Up venues have undergone significant refurbishment works since being acquired by developer and business partner Matt Ryan

H&M to open for business at Clerys Quarter this week

Swedish fashion retailer in final stages of preparing for much-anticipated opening at O’Connell Street landmark scheme

Landmark St Stephen’s Green portfolio, with potential for apartments or boutique hotel, for €13.5m

Prime location offers potential for residential development, or opportunity for Press Up group to revisit boutique hotel plan

McKillen-owned Atlas Autoservices acquires 18 Bridgestone depots

The acquisition returns to family ownership several sites originally opened by Paddy McKillen senior

Hotel investment spend to surpass €500m as visitor numbers hit new heights

Dublin city hotels secured a record average room rate of €258 in June while revenue per available room came in at €234

Press Up redundancies a harsh reality check for sector

Hospitality group cites sale of hotel group as a reason for laying off staff

Press Up hospitality group cites ‘tough trading conditions’ as it makes 32 head office staff redundant

Group established by Paddy McKillen jnr and Matt Ryan had employed 110 staff at head office in Dublin

Press Up shutters Mount Merrion cafe to make way for apartments

Original plans for the site faced significant opposition from local residents in 2016

Dublin Airport passenger cap ‘doesn’t make sense’, says Varadkar

Seen & Heard: Government’s AIB exit strategy, Supercar sales on the rise; Maurice Regan’s Barne Estate play; McKillens’ hotel group stake

Abbey Capital acquires former Hibernian Club for new headquarters

Leading investment manager revealed as €16m purchaser of landmark building at 8 St Stephen’s Green

McKillen jnr to sell majority hotels stake to British property group and Elliot

Deal values Dean Hotel Group’s portfolio of eight hotels, with two more in development, at more than €350 million

Press Up: Paddy McKillen jnr and Matt Ryan’s hospitality leviathan not immune to economic headwinds

Restaurant-bar-hotel group’s rapid expansion expected to slow amid economic pressures

Paddy McKillen jnr gets green light for Booterstown spa and interpretative centre

An Bord Pleanála approves plan for luxury wellness facility on lands adjacent to Booterstown Marsh

Clarence Hotel returns to the black with €457,000 profit

Press Up-operated property had recorded a loss of €1.16m in Covid-hit 2021

Magheramore beach plan refusal is ‘unwarranted’, developer’s advisers say

Paddy McKillen jnr’s plan for €40m resort on site received objections from more than 90 parties

Press Up co-founder’s Dublin 2 home sells for 20% above asking price

Matt Ryan’s four-bedroom mews on Lad Lane Upper was reimagined to capitalise on its canalside location

Magheramore beach: Planning for €40m tourist resort rejected by council

Plan for surf school, accommodation pods at Co Wicklow site was backed by Paddy McKillen jnr and Matthew Ryan

McKillen jnr pulls out of St Stephen’s Green block deals

Oakmount to pursue scaled-back plan for high-end hotel at Topshop’s former flagship premises

Locals mobilise to ‘save’ Magheramore beach in Co Wicklow

Opposition mounts to plans for €40 million tourist resort at popular beach that is part of a special area of conservation

McKillen’s Magheramore Beach plan will involve investment of €40m – report

Economic evaluation plan says resort and surf school plan will deliver €2.8m a year in tourism revenue

Paddy McKillen jnr in bid to develop boutique resort and surf school at Wicklow beach

Developer acquired 21 acres of land overlooking famed Magheramore Beach for €700,000 in 2021

Zara founder in €100m deal for Dublin docklands apartment block

Family firm of Spanish billionaire Amancio Ortega pays average of €841,666 per unit for 120 high-end rentals

McKillen jnr’s Oakmount seeks tenants for final units at Bray Central

New centre’s tenant line-up includes Penneys, Sports Direct, Butler’s Chocolate Cafe, Stella Cinema and Bert’s Bowl

Big tech boardroom dispute, Press-Up hotel plan for St Stephen’s Green, and costs of a self-build home

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McKillen jnr buying up St Stephen’s Green block for high-end Press Up hotel

The developer’s company Oakmount is currently closing in on purchase of several buildings on St Stephen’s Green

Luxury canalside Dublin mews that showcases Irish architecture on the market for €1.895m

Niall McCullough’s design has transformed a derelict coach house off Leeson Street, by the Grand Canal in Dublin 2, maximising light and space

An Post signs for additional office space at Dublin’s tallest office building

State postal service provider’s new headquarters at the Exo in city’s north docklands will be capable of accommodating over 800 workers

Irish high-flyer who sold Beyoncé and Jay-Z their Bel Air mansion moves to ‘pinnacle’ real-estate agency

Tyrone McKillen, a son of the veteran Irish property developer Paddy McKillen, has been appointed founding broker of Official’s California office

Back from the brink: Grafton Street rebounds as high-end retailers vie for pitch

Ireland’s leading shopping street was battered by Covid and online rivals. Big brands are giving it a new lease of life – in return for a financial reset

Zendesk to vacate two floors at Dublin HQ as losses increase to €5.4m

San Francisco-headquartered software company plans to shed 5% of its global workforce, with some Dublin jobs to go

Grafter offices, retail and cafe to open at landmark Topshop building

Flexible workspace provider agrees deal with Paddy McKillen jnr and Matt Ryan for 6-7 St Stephen’s Green

Slickly designed Dublin city apartments on Lad Lane from €880,000

New Oakmount development boasts high-end interiors and is within walking distance of St Stephen’s Green

Press Up co-founder puts architect-designed Lad Lane home on the market for €1.775m

Matt Ryan’s Dublin 2 house was reimagined to capitalise on its canalside location, a few doors down from where Ryan’s mother, the late Caroline Walsh, grew up

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