Tramore’s Robin Dawson stamped his authority on the Radisson Blu sponsored West of Ireland Amateur Open when he fired a championship record equalling 64 to take a three-stroke lead after the first qualifying round at Rosses Point yesterday.

A four-star Radisson hotel on the outskirts of Limerick returned to the black in 2016 and posted a pre-tax profit of €131,775.

Let others do the hard work for you this Christmas and take a festive break at an Irish hotel. We check out what’s on offer    

It is a story that began with a young man doing bar and restaurant work, as he put himself through college, and has culminated in being recognised by his hotel chain peers as the best hotel general manager in western Europe. Here he tells Pádraig Hoare that running a good hotel is all about teamwork.

Conor O’Rourke, Naas, put a stuttering start to the season behind him by scorching to a stunning five under par 66 to grab a two-stroke lead after the first qualifying round of the Radisson Blu sponsored West of Ireland Amateur Open Championship at Co Sligo.

RTÉ last year spent almost €50,000 putting up celebs and other guests in luxury Dublin hotels appearing on The Late Late Show and The Ray D’Arcy Show.

An Taisce has put the brakes on the owners of the four-star Radisson Blu hotel in Dublin city centre from proceeding with a major extension plan which includes 103 additional bedrooms.

The four-star Kerry hotel, formerly owned by business people Bill Cullen and Jackie Lavin, is likely to post record earnings of just under €600,000 for last year.

Pre-tax profits at the four-star Radisson Blu hotel in Galway built by Bernard McNamara rose six-fold to €4.2m last year.

Boom time is back with two of the capital’s best-known hotels reporting a sharp increase in profits for last year.

Dublin City Council has given an emphatic no to two separate hotel developers seeking to build tall hotels near Dublin Castle.

The owner of the four-star Radisson Blu Hotel in Dublin city centre is planning a 10-storey extension which would add over 100 rooms.

Esther N McCarthy casts her eye over a selection of groovy products for your home.

Co Sligo’s Sean Flanagan coped with southerly winds gusting up to 48mph to take a one-shot lead after the opening round of the Radisson Blu sponsored West of Ireland Amateur Open at Rosses Point.

The hotel group that purchased three airport hotels from the the airport authority, the DAA, for around €75m nine years ago last year received €5.42m for two of the hotels.

Pre-tax profits at the firm that operates the four-star Radisson Blu hotel in Dublin city centre last year rose more than sixfold to €775,946.

Companies in the Rhatigan property group claim an international equity fund is trying to get control of some of its assets including the Radisson Blu Hotel in Golden Lane, Dublin.

Cork-based specialist property investment firm iNua Hospitality hopes to double the size of its portfolio of assets in the next 12 months, after snapping up Limerick’s four-star Radisson Blu Hotel for €3.5m.

Naas ace Jack Hume produced a strongman finish to beat his fitness coach and capture the Radisson Blu sponsored West of Ireland at Rosses Point yesterday.

West Waterford’s Gary Hurley needed just 25 holes to blast his way into this morning’s semi-finals of the Radisson Blu-sponsored West of Ireland Amateur Open at a sun-kissed County Sligo.

Dungarvan’s Kevin Stack and West Waterford’s Gary Hurley kept Munster interest alive in the Radisson Blu sponsored West of Ireland Championship at a sun-kissed County Sligo.

Dermot McElroy hopes to celebrate his call-up to the St Andrews Trophy squad by challenging for his first amateur major when the Radisson Blu-sponsored West of Ireland Amateur Open gets under way at Rosses Point today.

Operating profits at the firm that operates the 4-star Radisson Blu hotel in Dublin city centre last year increased by 33% to €535,740.

One of the country’s best-known hoteliers, Jerry O’Reilly, is confident that bankers to his five-star hotel, the Aghadoe Heights in Killarney, Co Kerry, will continue to roll up bank interest loan payments on the business.

Back in the mid-2000s, a site for an hotel was put to market in Cork’s Ballincollig, with €7m sought for a 100-bed hotel (never built) on 5.5 acres.

The four-star Galway hotel built by bankrupt developer, Bernard McNamara last year returned to profit after years of successive losses.

The group that operates the Radisson hotels at the country’s three State airports booked an exceptional €42 million gain last year after restructuring its bank debt.

My previous experience of Galway went a little like this: pub, pub, pub, pub, pub, pub, Supermac’s, bed.

According to the latest Savills Ireland report the upturn in Irish hotel sales that started in 2012 is continuing this year due to improvement in occupancy and average room rate (ARR).

A WEEKEND away without any of our children was something we had spoken about in hushed tones for many years — never really daring to dream it would become a reality.

Cork’s Radisson Blu Hotel which was developed at a cost of €37m, is for sale for €8m, with strong trading figures and good profits clocked up over the past three years.

Pre-tax losses at the company that operates the McCabe pharmacy group narrowed by 75% last year to €3.4m.

Hotels and restaurants are getting to grips with the recession with a 16% year-on- year drop in business failures in the hospitality sector, according to data compiled by insolvency accountants kavanaghfennell.

Pre-tax losses at a four-star Galway hotel built by the developer, Bernard McNamara, more than doubled last year to €504,528.

Danske Bank has appointed a receiver to two property firms that Bernard McNamara resigned from as a director last year.

England’s James McCormick was the surprise leader after the opening stroke play round of the Radisson Blu-sponsored West of Ireland Amateur Open Championship at a damp and gloomy Rosses Point yesterday.

The GAA’s Hawk Eye will not follow rugby’s television match official (TMO) style when it is given its debut in Croke Park in June.