While that altered image still holds, rising hotel prices are proving problematic. Dublin hotels in particular had a strong year in 2018 as supply problems troubled the market. A further 2,500 hotel rooms are due to open either this year or next. Another thing that has kept hotel prices in check has been the availability of accommodation via property sharing, most notably Airbnb. Tim Fenn of the Irish Hotels Federation says that when it come to prices, Dublin gets “a lot of media attention” on busy nights when hotel rooms are scarce.

Source: The Irish Times January 06, 2019 18:00 UTC