IN the giddy days of plenty, five-star hotels charged stellar prices, but leaner times have brought charges crashing back to earth.

THE luxurious Castlemartyr resort in East Cork will reopen within weeks under the world-renowned Dromoland hotels brand.

THE troubled €70 million luxury five-star Castlemartyr hotel in east Cork is being forced to turn business away pending the outcome of takeover talks.

THIRTY-FIVE unpaid workers at the exclusive Capella Castlemartyr Hotel have walked out, ahead of one of the busiest weekends of the year and amid threats that some of them will also “cause chaos” over the coming days.

OVER €60 million is being spent on constructing the first hotel in this country designed for six-star luxury.