IRISH hotel operating group Choice Hotels have taken over management of the Blarney Golf Resort, which was snapped up this year by Northern Ireland-based investor Tommy O’Gorman for c€2.5m, after seeing a c€40 investment in its initial resort and hotel development.

These are busy times for Cork racing ace Matt Griffin.

FORD’S challenger in the new look World Rally Championship, the Ford Fiesta RS World Rally Car, was launched at the Autosport Show at the NEC in Birmingham yesterday.

ONCE it was hormone-driven, now it is holiday-driven, value-driven and tax-driven.

HOTEL expansion is continuing in Killarney, which now has over 40 hotels. The Quality Resort hotel and holiday complex, on the Cork side of the town, has reopened this weekend, following a €45m redevelopment programme.