Photo: Arthur Kinahan
The covers have come off the front of the former St. Joseph's female orphanage and Industrial School and St. Malachy's Convent at Seatown in Dundalk showing the renovation work that has taken place so far.
The building will accommodate up to 260 displaced Ukrainians.
There have been numerous anti-immigrant protests held outside the building against refugees being accommodated there which have all been met with counter demonstrations.
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