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.

Killarney’s 188-bed Quality Hotel which had a price tag of €3 million has been bought by East Cork farming family the Crimmins.

AS developer Bernard McNamara’s misguided Burlington hotel purchase is put back for sale at a quarter the price he paid for it only five years ago, one of his other hotels is close to a sale via a receiver.

CORK International Airport Hotel should fly at its €4.75 million asking price, given its quality, location — and trading figures.