GAA and McAleer & Rushe celebrate the topping out of a new hotel at Croke Park

The GAA and leading design and build contractor, McAleer & Rushe, have celebrated a key construction milestone with the topping out of the new €40m Maldron Hotel at Croke Park, Dublin.

Marking the structural completion of the development, the ceremony welcomed over 50 guests and brought together key project stakeholders, including GAA President Jarlath Burns and senior representatives from McAleer & Rushe and hotel operator, Dalata Hotel Group.

The four-star hotel, which has 200 rooms, will have a number of high-end features, such as a business centre, five meeting spaces, a gym with the latest technology, and a restaurant and bar that offer full service.

Opening in 2026, this hotel is part of a larger Clonliffe Lands Masterplan. Located adjacent to Croke Park Stadium it offers immediate access to that stadium as well excellent connectivity with Dublin Airport, major roads networks, and the public transport services at Drumcondra.

Dalata Hotel Group will manage the hotel using its Maldron brand. This is a hotel group that has a reputation for providing high-quality accommodations and an exceptional guest experience. To date, McAleer & Rushe has delivered more than 3,000 hotel bedrooms for Dalata across Ireland and Great Britain, with this latest development reinforcing their strong partnership and shared commitment to continued growth.

Designed to achieve a BREEAM ‘Very Good’ rating, the hotel will boast environmental features such as green roofs, air source heat pumps and EV charging points, and will feature a traditional hand built red brick façade to complement the surrounding built environment.

So far, McAleer & Rushe has diverted 100% of construction waste from landfill, saved 5,308 m³ of soil through reuse on site, and is on track to meet the client’s whole life carbon target of 707 kg CO₂e per m².