Dublin's largest hotel, the four-star Burlington, has been put up for sale at a guide price of between €65-75m.

The landmark Burlington Hotel is for sale with a price tag of just a quarter of the €288m it sold for five years ago.

HIGH noon came yesterday when Dublin’s landmark Burlington Hotel closed its doors.

IRELAND is prepared to ban the import and use of cat and dog fur in line with EU proposals, Agriculture Minister Mary Coughlan said. The fur, often cruelly stripped from live animals, is being used in clothing and ornaments, sometimes disguised as fake fur or simply not labelled at all.

US stocks finished mixed today as interest rate worries and a legal setback for Merck & Co countered momentum from a possible multi-billion-dollar acquisition by ConocoPhillips.

JURYS Doyle are seeking around 100 voluntary redundancies from its staff at the luxury Burlington Hotel in Dublin.

The manslaughter charge against one of four youths accused of killing an 18-year-old student was today thrown out by a judge in a Dublin court.

By Ryle Dwyer