THE beleaguered Jurys Doyle Hotel board will take comfort from the Deloitte Hotel Benchmark survey, showing an improvement in bookings for hotel rooms in Dublin.

The Western Rail Corridor which runs from Ennis to Sligo should be re-opened on a phased basis, a report recommended today.

A major section of a disused railway line in the West of Ireland is to be reopened, it emerged today.

Kerry Group and Warner Chilcott joined Irish Life & Permanent in making strong gains today to give the ISEQ a 41.44 point boost to see the index finish the day at 5,676.42.

Dublin's stock exchange had a slight fall of 6.17 points to stand at 5639.57 for the end of the week.

AS the heat of a balmy summer’s day began to fade last night, the family of a young girl brutally shot dead last year stood in silent protest in a bid to force a State agency to fully investigate the circumstances surrounding her murder.

WITH fears over Iraq having dissipated and the SARS virus widely contained, one would have thought that shares in Jurys Doyle Hotel group would have performed a little better of late.

THE burgeoning Lynch Hotel Group yesterday bought the Green Isle Hotel in Dublin for €11 million from the Jurys Doyle Hotel Group, who are to build a Jurys Inn at London’s Heathrow airport.

TRADING in the Jurys Doyle Hotel chain has matched expectations for the months of September and October.