Nama gives hotel to ease homeless difficulties

Bad loans bank Nama has offered a 100-bed hotel and four commercial properties ranging from 3,000sq ft to 20,000sq ft in a bid to help solve Dublin’s homelessness crisis.

The State agency is understood to have told officials the empty properties are available at a meeting with Environment Minister Alan Kelly on Thursday.

However, when the buildings were offered to Dublin City Council in October they were turned down, with concerns over their fire safety and the exact cost among the reasons why.