Many airlines worldwide have begun to adopt rules similar to those put in place by the Irish Aviation Authority a decade ago to ensure there are always two crew members on the flight decks of passenger jets while airborne.

Killarney’s 188-bed Quality Hotel which had a price tag of €3 million has been bought by East Cork farming family the Crimmins.

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.

Lloyds Banking Group has signed an agreement with BDL Ireland Management that may allow the company to manage hotels tied to the bank’s €1bn of Irish lodging loans, according to two people with knowledge of the matter.

* Shh! Irish designer Eilis Boyle has opened The Silent Gallery, a pop-up online cabinet of curiosities.

A Northern Ireland property and leisure company today teamed up with a leading Scottish hotel management company to develop hotels worth hundreds of millions of euro across Britain.

IF we saw a potential star of the future in action at Killarney last night then it was surely That’s An Idea, successful in the Vintners’ Maiden Hurdle.