A controversial co-living development in Dun Laoghaire has been granted planning permission.
A similar housing block by the same company was refused permission in Tallaght just weeks ago.
This development in Dún Laoghaire will be made up of 204 bedrooms that are 16.5 square meters in size.
They will be aimed at workers in their twenties and thirties, who'll have their own pull-down bed and kitchenette and share communal areas.
Co-living rooms are similar in style to student accommodation, and have been widely criticised for being too small and too expensive.
The company that's building this one was refused permission for a similar block in Tallaght just a month ago.
Bartra says the decision to grant it permission in Dún Laoghaire is a pragmatic one, based on Ireland's need to embrace new accommodation types.
The Housing Minister recently likened co-living to staying in a "very trendy" boutique hotel, but later admitted his analogy was "not a good one".
Eoghan Murphy says the government is building more than 20,000 houses and apartments this year - none of them co-living spaces.
He says co-living is targeted at approximately 1% of renters.
Mike Flannery, Bartra CEO, said "there is a place for co-living within the Irish housing market and we look forward to delivering this new and innovative form of accommodation".
"Ireland needs new models of housing to cater for changing demographics, living habits and employment patterns", he said.
Bartra said similar developments have "worked well" in other cities, including London, New York and Vienna.
