The operators of one of the best known five-star hotels in the country, the Aghadoe Heights in Killarney, expect a significant improvement in the hotel’s performance this year.

A €10 million west Cork schools amalgamation later this summer brings Skibbereen’s Mercy Heights school, behind the old convent, up for sale for new uses and development.

Actor and ex-Boyzone star Keith Duffy is to travel to West Cork next month to unveil a memorial to a teenager who worked tirelessly for autistic children.

THE company that operates one of the best-known five-star hotels in Ireland, Aghadoe Heights, Killarney, Co Kerry, returned to record an operating profit of over €110,000 for the first 10 months of last year.

Cassia Heights, trained by Steve Brookshaw and ridden by Jim Culloty, won the Martell Cognac Topham Chase over the Grand National fences at Aintree today.