Frits Potgieter has been appointed as general manager of the 5-star Muckross Park Hotel & Spa in Killarney, part of the iNua Collection.

Among all the models in the increasingly diversified Mini range, the original Clubman was perhaps the weirdest of the lot. With its idiosyncratic door layout — two front, one rear, and two back — the Clubman was not your normal run-of-the-mill family car choice.

Fans of bonkers motoring — myself included, it has to be said — like it hot. The really blistering motors truly are those which get the adrenaline flowing simply by looking at them — the really good stuff follows when you get to crank them up.