A woman who had a one-night stand with a man she met in Dublin nightclub Copper Face Jacks 12 years ago is trying to track him down — to tell him he has a son.

The purchase by the country’s largest hotel operator Dalata of the Moran Bewley’s Group for €455m is a transformational move that carries a potential share price upside of as much as 42%, according to analysts.

Three out of the top 10 ‘green hotels’ in Ireland are in Cork. However, concern has been expressed about the poor uptake of the scheme in Kerry, where no hotels made it into even the top 20.

The number of hotel rooms in Dublin is set to rise even further with the opening of 11 new hotels, it emerged tonight.