Incident logs for Tetratch Capital's CityArk aparthotel reveal three cases of domestic, sexual or gender-based violence in two years, alongside persistent fire safety issues caused by unauthorised cooking in rooms at the Citywest facility.
The State bought the hotel for €148m last August but a 12-month contract is in place to continue managing the centre, with a six-month extension option. Separately, South Dublin County Council has flagged fire safety and disability access issues with the justice department.
The story of Citywest over the years reflects the transformation of Ireland - boom, bust, foreign capital, a pandemic and a state struggling to deal with the surge in asylum applications.
From members of the Davy-16 to the billionaire financier Paul Coulson, the shareholders of Davy Hickey Properties are a who’s who of Irish corporate life. But now swords have been drawn as the business winds down assets worth hundreds of millions of euros.
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