NAMA is expected to pick up the pace of Irish hotel sales in the coming 18 months — so far, it has sold just 19 of the 136 in its control, and so has 117 left to sell, a conference organised by the Irish Hotel Federation heard this week.

Catherine Fulvio, Mulranny, Co Mayo

WHEN the Great Southern Hotel opened in Mulranny, rail travel was king.

MANY people will remember the Malton as the Great Southern Hotel, a handsome Victorian building swathed in red and green ivy, just a stone’s throw from the railway station.

AN electrical firm sought to have a sum of €41,000 dealt with separately in the High Court in a case where a construction firm is offering some of its creditors 75 cents in the €1.

AN ambitious €100 million development that could transform the face of Killarney was unveiled yesterday.

RYANAIR has waded into the row over Cork Airport’s debt, saying it should not have to pay back its parent company, the Dublin Airport Authority (DAA), for the new terminal.

The Taoiseach’s annual summer retreat is to get a luxurious revamp over the next two years, it emerged today.

DUBLIN Airport Authority (DAA) has warned it could miss its target of having a new terminal built by the summer of 2009 if it does not get final planning permission by the end of the month.

THE aviation regulator has dealt the Dublin Airport Authority a severe blow in its efforts to recover the €1.2 billion airport expansion cost, by ruling out a demand for a rise in passenger charges.

ONE of Kerry’s oldest hotels is due to close this weekend for a major facelift over the winter and spring months.

ONE of Kerry’s oldest hotels is due to close this weekend for a major facelift over the winter and spring months.

THE Dublin Airport Authority has ruled out selling off more assets to pay for a second passenger terminal.

A Galway businessman is reportedly set to buy three of the best-known hotels in the Great Southern Hotels Group.

SIPTU has withdrawn the threat of strike action by its 700 members working in the Great Southern Hotel group and agreed to Labour Court recommendations on the sale of the group.

Staff at the retail chain Roches Stores today reached agreement with the company over the sale of the operation to UK retailers Debenhams.

MORE THAN 700 Great Southern Hotels workers are to go on strike if the Labour Court fails on Wednesday to break the deadlock over employee entitlements, ahead of the sale of the chain.

ARTS Minister John O’Donoghue yesterday stepped into the row surrounding the Great Southern Hotel’s art collection, insisting it should be returned to the State in its entirety.

I AM saddened by the loss of the Irish art collection at the Great Southern Hotel in Parknasilla, Co Kerry.

BIDDERS for the Great Southern Hotel chain have until today to lodge their offers.

ONE of the longest-serving people in Killarney’s multi-million tourism industry has retired.

POTENTIAL purchasers are already showing an interest in the Great Southern Hotel (GSH) group, which is to be taken out of State ownership and sold.

Tourism Minister John O'Donoghue has said the Great Southern Hotel group cannot remain under state control.

THE sale of the Great Southern Hotel group is set to become the first major stumbling block in social partnership talks as unions gear up to oppose any privatisation of the loss-making semi-State.

The loss-making Great Southern Hotels are to be sold off by the state, it emerged tonight.

A post mortem is underway on the body of a man found at the back of the Great Southern Hotel in Killarney.

TWO Irish rowers who nearly died when their boat capsized in a transatlantic race have not ruled out another attempt at the challenge.

THE Chamber of Commerce announced the winners of Green Fáilte Awards 2006 to the hospitality sector yesterday.

THE Dublin Airport Authority (DAA) is seeking an urgent review of airport charges following the decision by the aviation regulator to turn down a request for a 50% rise in passenger fees.

A CRUNCH meeting is set to take place between representatives of 250 hotels and the board of Cork Kerry Tourism tomorrow, amid claims that the tourist marketing body has no strategic plans in place to capitalise on Cork’s success as European Capital of Culture.

Ian Guider

Talks are to be held to try and resolve a dispute at Rye Valley Foods in Co Monaghan.

IT had all the hallmarks of a Harry Potter special — the foul-smelling sweets that caused the national airline to divert and inconvenience more than 300 passengers.

Donal Hickey

THE Irish Management Institute has pulled out of Killarney for this year’s annual conference.

DUBLIN residents have vowed to object to plans for a second €130 million runway at the State airport on the grounds of noise pollution.

EAMONN McKEOWN, the chief executive of the Great Southern Hotel group, has stepped down from his position.

AER RIANTA will take a €7 million hit on the write-off of the aborted new passenger pier at Dublin Airport.

IT was a case of all Torc, but not enough action, in the planned sale of the Great Southern Hotel Group’s Torc Hotel in Killarney.

A CAMPAIGN to ensure the Great Southern Hotel (GSH) group remains in State hands is being reactivated in Kerry, where two of the top hotels are located.

AIR travellers are facing major delays at the country’s three main airports today as workers intensify their opposition to the Government’s plan to break up Aer Rianta.

A MAYO housing development to cater for the elderly and disabled could be abandoned because of planning difficulties.