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The Marine Hotel in Ballycastle has been given planning permission for the next stage of its expansion and refurbishment plan.

Causeway Coast and Glens Borough Council’s planning committee approved the application for partial demolition, extensions and alterations to the hotel to provide an extended ground floor restaurant/bar area, a new entrance and lobby accessed from the existing parking area.

The plans also include the addition of 14 extra bedrooms, ten self-catering studio apartments and a rooftop events space. The construction of these new bedrooms, self-catering units and rooftop events space will take 18 months.

The directors hope the new accommodation will be open for Christmas 2025.

Olga Henry, General Manager and Colum McLornan, Director of the Marine Hotel. CREDIT MARINE HOTEL

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The Marine Hotel has also just appointed Olga Henry as General Manager. Olga was formerly of Da Vinci's Hotel in Londonderry/Derry and a former board member of the NI Hotels Federation.

Hotel Director Colum McLornan said: “We look forward to working with Olga in the coming years as we develop the Marine Hotel site.”

Ballycastle hotel gets green light for 14 new bedrooms, self-catering studio apartments and rooftop events space