Who A-dares wins

Pól Ó Conghaile visits a manor with the X-Factor and a ‘gourmet summer’ to savour

FEW Irish five-stars have this kind of caché. Mention Solis Lough Eske, or the Heritage Resort, and people may wonder what you’re talking about. But everyone knows Adare Manor. This is where JP McManus holds his charity golf classics, where celebs like Bill Clinton and Catherine Zeta-Jones have stayed, where Louis Walsh took his X-Factor stars. But does it have the X-Factor itself?

FIRST IMPRESSIONS