Hotels are not popular in Ireland at the moment. They are said to be both too expensive and too many in number. In Dublin, they’re popping up all across the city, seemingly mocking our inability to build new homes.  And as of this year, the price of hotel rooms is the problem. At a meeting with hoteliers, Finance Minister Paschal Donohoe was reported to be “through the roof” over high room rates. And at an Oireachtas hearing, Senator Shane Cassells excoriated industry representatives over “price gouging”. And Tourism Ireland warned high prices for accommodation risked “damaging the island of Ireland’s…

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