Two hospitality establishments given a makeover by John and Francis Brennan of RTÉ’s At Your Service programme open their doors this weekend with high hopes for the future.

A man who stabbed a popular publican in his home was found not guilty of assault causing harm and aggravated burglary by reason of insanity at Kilkenny Circuit Court.

The five-star hotel business operated by TV’s trouble-shooting hotelier brothers John and Francis Brennan, has “weathered the storm” to record two years of profits.

Theatre - Pride and Prejudice

FOR Barbara Brennan it’s a case of déjà vu all over again. The Dublin thespian, one of the nation’s finest actresses, is currently playing Lady Catherine de Bourgh in tThe Gate’s lavish adaptation of Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice.

Expert hoteliers and presenters of RTÉ’s hit television series At Your Service, Francis and John Brennan, are going to revamp a respite centre used by one of their biggest fans next month.

Theatre: Maeve’s House

Coca-Cola remains the top brand in Ireland for the ninth year in a row.

The napkins will be folded meticulously and the toilet roll will definitely be hanging the “right way round” in Coachford later this month.

The Brennan brothers are back and are looking for anything from campsites to hotels that are in a need of a bit of inspiration to put them in the black.

The son of Irish emigrants, John Brennan was this week announced as Obama’s choice to head up the CIA. Caroline O’Doherty investigates

Brennans the bakers were yesterday given 48 hours to change packaging on one of their brown bread products following a Supreme Court ruling.

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THE exclusive five-star hotel operated by RTÉ’s “hotel experts”, John and Francis Brennan, returned to profit last year after two years of successive losses totalling over €400,000.

HAD it been a cold and miserable day when Vincent Kidd and his sister Fiona spotted their dream project on Valentia island five years ago, it might not have become such a nightmare.

A GIRL who developed a severe stammer after being bitten by a dog when she was aged five was awarded €425,952 damages in the High Court yesterday. She received scars to the cheek and lower lip in the attack.

THE fact that it can count Nicolas Cage among its clientele is no great boast for the Park Hotel Kenmare.

A PALE-FACED Michaela Horan-Quinn brought her big sister’s basketball towards the altar, inches away from the white coffin - draped with the tragic teenager’s Christening gown.

HEARTBROKEN locals huddled in groups, shivering from shock and the bitter cold.