Ard-Rí's Fitzgibbon brothers buy Tralee Racecourse for €5m

Homeware and stove company plans to build manufacturing and distribution centre and housing for staff on site

Neil and Paul Fitzgibbon run the Ard-Rí group which is now a global operation that employs nearly 700 people

The 100-acre Tralee Racecourse has been bought for €5m by local company the Ard-Rí Group, which has plans for a major manufacturing and distribution centre.

The Tralee homeware and stove company run by Paul and Neil Fitzgibbon has a workforce of about 680 employees serving more than 1,200 retailers across Ireland and Britain.