Another group offered to make a charitable donation outside the scheme while five made no offer.

The blaze happened on Tuesday afternoon after the crypt in Church Street in Dublin was broken into and vandalised

In a shared statement church leaders said the visit is taking place at a time of ‘great concern for the state of our fragile peace’.

Last month Fingal Co Council granted planning permission for the scheme but attached a condition that a new road to serve the development be excluded.

They were speaking in a new year’s message for 2023 which will mark the 25th anniversary of the Belfast Agreement.

The hotel is part of Tetrarch’s wider plans for the Howth Estate and the hotel includes a rooftop restaurant, bar and terrace, a spa, fitness centre and swimming pool.

A t statement said church leaders are “deeply concerned regarding the government response” in both Northern Ireland and the Republic.