Top vintner buys Glanmire hotel

THE John Barleycorn Hotel in Glanmire, Cork, has just changed hands for around €5 million.

It was bought in trust through Frank V Murphy auctioneers by multi-pub owner Tom Scriven.

There are reports that he acted jointly in the purchase with Joe O’Donovan, the businessman who has shot to prominence in recent weeks with his involvement in the €124m Wilton Shopping Centre, and a €6m deal on the Oyster Tavern, bought from Tom Scriven.