WITH debts of almost €23m the Co Clare-based Lynch Hotel Group, which employs 450 staff, has gone into voluntary examinership and has been placed under the protection of the High Court.

TRANSPORT Minister Seamus Brennan continued to ignore union pleas for an independent review of his plans to break up Aer Rianta yesterday and named the new board to run Shannon Airport.

TRANSPORT Minister Seamus Brennan is expected to press ahead with the appointment of three new Aer Rianta boards this Wednesday — despite the refusal of three current members to resign.

RYANAIR-INSPIRED marketing techniques are being used by Lynch Hotels in a €1 a room offer — but there’s a catch.

THE burgeoning Lynch Hotel Group yesterday bought the Green Isle Hotel in Dublin for €11 million from the Jurys Doyle Hotel Group, who are to build a Jurys Inn at London’s Heathrow airport.