A construction firm operated by two Donegal brothers has won a contract to convert an older building into a modern five-star hotel.
The Byrne brothers, Cormac and Patrick, who are originally from Killybegs, front the Ardmore Construction company.
The company has just been given the prestigious job to convert the historic Old War Office building in Whitehall into a luxury Raffles hotel and super-prime flats.
The vast Edwardian building, where Winston Churchill once worked and whose 1,100 rooms are linked by more than two miles of corridors, is being redeveloped by the Hinduja Group and Spanish firm OHLD.
Ardmore has already worked on a string major London hotel conversions and new build projects in recent years.
The firm has now raised hoardings around the site where it will create the 125-room five-star hotel and 85 luxury apartments.
The complex project will double the number of floors from seven to 14. This will include adding three extra floors to the top as well as extending the existing two-floor basement down with four extra basement levels.
A new 25m swimming pool and ballroom will be built in the new basement below the existing central quadrangle.
