Jim O'Callaghan received approval for the State to buy the facility for 148 million euro last week.
A vehicle protest against the sale of the Citywest Hotel is taking place.
It set off from the Spawell and is looping around the Justice Minister's Dublin Bay South constituency.
Jim O'Callaghan received approval for the State to buy the facility for 148 million euro last week.
Spokesperson for the 'Save Citywest' group, Mark Swan says he is unhappy about a lack of consultation.

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