THREE banks have taken a substantial stake in the Ballsbridge hotels, which were bought by property developer Sean Dunne for a record €375 million in 2005. The three hotels are in Dublin 4.

LAST Friday three clean-cut young American backpackers arrived at Dublin airport from Texas. They were setting out on the first international leg of a yearlong trip around Europe.

A DUBLIN hotels chain in fashionable Ballsbridge is offering customers family rooms for two adults and two children from €20 per night in a promotion designed to put “bums on seats”.