The owners of a popular Dublin Shopping Centre are looking to build hundreds of apartments and a hotel in north Dublin.
The people behind Omni Park Shopping Centre in Santry are currently in talks with An Bord Pleanala about the project.
They are hoping to build over 300 apartments, an 81-bedroom hotel as well as a creche.
The building would be constructed on the site of a currently vacant warehouse near the Shopping Centre according to The Times.
Increased traffic in an already traffic troubled area is among the main concerns raised by locals.
One resident said: "I think building houses would be better, also traffic is already an issue in Santry."
Another added: Can you just imagine the traffic. People already know what it's like trying to drive in and out of the Omni. Especially as it only has one way in and out."
A third said: "Extra volume of traffic with a new hotel and that amount of apartments will choke that area, unless a major overhaul of traffic is sorted before they start."
