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Mon 02 Feb 2007Hotel plan angers nuns who sold land for parkA community of elderly nuns in south Tipperary has lodged an objection to a planned hotel development on former convent land which was allegedly sold for a fraction of its value.The nuns sold the land to Cashel Town Council believing that it would be used for a town park. But the council has decided instead to allow a major commercial development on the site which has created considerable controversy in the heritage town.