Buying Irish is important for consumers, but price is still the main priority.

THE festival season continues in Ireland over the coming month with a uniquely Irish event taking place across Cork, Tipperary and Limerick between July 30 and August 2.

GENERAL manager of Cork’s Clarion Hotel, Charlie Sheil, is taking the top post as GM of the new Gibson Hotel at the Point Village in Dublin this month, ahead of its scheduled June opening.

THE recession blues were banished in Cork at the weekend, when over 50,000 revellers attended the Guinness Jazz Festival, worth in the region of €6 million to the city.

THE Clarion Hotel’s excellent service and the vibrancy it created as the first anchor tenant in Cork’s City Quarter development have been recognised with an award.