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Works have begun on the Grand Hotel in Tramore.
The hotel has lain empty and in a state of near dereliction for the past 6 years.
Waterford Council had been pursuing the owner, Guoqing Wu, through the courts since a derelict sites notice was issued in 2018.
Workmen appeared on site on Tuesday.
Cllr Eamon Quinlan told councillors at Tuesday evening’s Metropolitan meeting, that Tramore business owners had approached the workmen to find out what was going on and were simply told ‘the hotel is not for sale’.
The Tramore councillor said he was afraid the owner was doing ‘a small amount of work’ in an attempt to frustrate the council’s pursuit of them.