Millionaire businessman Dr Michael Smurfit will have to attend the High Court to give evidence in the case of a former K Club manager who has sued alleging he was threatened at Punchestown Races.

A former K Club manager has claimed before the High Court court the man who allegedly threatened him at Punchestown Races was "the messenger of Dr Michael Smurfit."

The Ryder Cup might not immediately offer itself as sports’ best expression of the ideals of liberté, égalité, or fraternité. Like all top-level sports events, its primary objectives are not social, they are commercial.

Over a hundred players under par after the first day of the Dubai Duty Free Irish Open on the Causeway Coast and yet Rory McIlroy isn't one of them.

Thanks to its attention to detail, the K Club is a five-star hotel like no other, says Marie Toft.

Rory McIlroy’s presentation speech hit all the right notes but a “see you soon” as a sign off will be music to the ears of of Dubai Duty Free chiefs.

When the K Club was announced as the venue to host this year’s Dubai Duty Free Irish Open, my initial thoughts were that it was a wonderful opportunity for another Irish victory on home soil.

In more than 30 years as a caddie to pros such as Ernie Els and Retief Goosen, Colin Byrne has seen more than his fair share of the world’s top courses but now the Irishman is lending his expertise to help guide golfers around them from a new vantage point.

Tiger Woods could be set to make his return to The K Club for next year’s Irish Open — 10 years after the USA’s crushing Ryder Cup defeat and Darren Clarke’s tears of joy.

Peter Lawrie kept alive hopes of regaining his Tour card after a bizarre start to his Porsche European Open campaign at Bad Griesbach in Germany.

Every golfer in Ireland knows the bounty of courses we have on our island. There are 330 18-hole courses and approximately 80 nine-hole courses. It makes for rich pickings. So how do you pick a top 100?

Like the 46A bus to Dun Laoghaire, which would take an age to come and then arrive with another stuck to its exhaust pipe, there are signs that things are about to start moving apace in Irish golf.

Pre-tax losses at the group that operates the five-star K Club golf resort, in Co Kildare, totalled €3.725m in 2013, new figures show.

Waterville has been named as the country’s best golf course for 2014 at a glittering global golf awards night in the Algarve.

Paul McGinley has vowed not to cash in on his stint as Ryder Cup captain by writing a book detailing what goes on behind the scenes at Gleneagles.

The K Club’s Ryder Cup course has been voted the country’s top parkland course for 2014 by readers of Golfing Weekly. Its sister course at the Straffan estate, the Smurfit Course, came in at No 15.

Developer Seán Dunne has failed to overturn his Irish bankruptcy but will apply on Monday to recover property seized by the official assignee in bankruptcy from a luxury house in Co Kildare, the ownership of which was described by a High Court judge as “somewhat vague”.

Wigan have already turned down an offer of £12 million from Everton for James McCarthy, with the Championship club determined to hold out for a bid of £14m for the Irish international as the transfer deadline looms.

The collapse of an online tour operator has left a trail of unpaid debts, with some of Ireland’s best-known five-star hotels incurring losses.

A plan aiming to restore Killarney’s reputation as one of the premier parkland golf resorts in the country has just been launched.

The failure by the K Club to write down the value of its assets has resulted in its auditors issuing an adverse opinion on the company’s latest accounts.

THERE are hotels we stay in and hotels we savour. Functional to fancy.

It is a telephone call that has been described as “evil” and it could be Pádraig Harrington on the receiving end later this week.

Even the quickest glance through the Irish Examiner’s revealing survey of Irish golf clubs will confirm these are times as tough for them as any sector of this country’s still fragile economy.

Its fortunes may have waned in recent years but it’s still a case of who you know if you want to get into the K Club.

Despite initial fears that he had suffered a heart attack, former Kilkenny hurling star DJ Carey was released from hospital yesterday.

Smurfit Kappa this week announced a big jump in its pre-tax profits.

British property investment firm Development Securities has formally announced its intention to acquire assets from Nama believed to be developer Gerry Gannon’s property portfolio in Britain.

Eventovate was formed in 2009, offering hotels in the area of event management a cloud-based option. Last year it secured €700,000 in funding. And now its founders are setting their eyes on the British market, writes Trish Dromey.

ONE of the golden circle of businessmen purportedly lent a combined €451 million by Anglo Irish Bank to buy Sean Quinn’s shares has been ordered to provide information to a fraud investigation.

One of the golden circle of businessmen lent money by Anglo Irish Bank to buy shares in the rogue lender has been ordered to help a fraud investigation.

IRELAND made a winning start to the defence of their R&A Trophy in the Boys Home Internationals over the Royal and St David’s links at Harlech yesterday — but they were made to fight hard for victory over hosts Wales.

DARREN CLARKE’S stirring British Open success can act as an inspiration to European golf’s top ladies when they face a seemingly invincible American side at Killeen Castle next month.

CORK accountant Finbarr Buckley and former K Club director of golf, Paul Crowe, have been ordered by a judge to pay the Ryder Cup resort almost €18,000 in service charge arrears.

TAOISEACH Enda Kenny should have a great golf handicap after being gifted membership of three clubs, according to information released on Oireachtas members’ interests.