second, high-end Waterford hotel is planned by the purchaser of the Ard Rí/Ardree Hotel as the city positions itself as a pivot in the Ireland’s Ancient East tourism drive.

THE consortium behind the proposed redevelopment of the Ard Rí Hotel in Co Waterford faces financial penalties and possible demolition of the former hotel if they fail to clean up the increasingly derelict site.

A €400 MILLION development planned for an iconic location in Waterford will create more than 3,000 jobs for the city when completed, backers said yesterday.