Developer Rhatigan tries to halt building of rival hotel

Eamon Waters plans to develop a 136-bed, seven storey hotel in a plot just behind the Radisson Hotel

Developer Padraic Rhatigan

Property developer and hotelier Padraic Rhatigan is trying to stop Panda Waste founder Eamon Waters from building a rival hotel next to his in Dublin city centre.

Waters plans to develop a 136-bed, seven storey hotel in a plot just behind the Radisson Hotel on Golden Lane in the south inner city, which Rhatigan is looking to develop.

The two have been involved in negotiations since June of last year to come up ...