A consultant surgeon who claimed he was subjected to "a torrent of bullying, victimisation, intimidation and harassment" by the HSE has received undisclosed High Court damages and an unreserved apology.

UCC student Barry O’Sullivan may only be 20, but he has no shortage of ambition, bringing together some of the top business leaders in the country for the inaugural Executive Summit next month.

Chief executives from some of the country’s best-known firms have been lined up by an enterprising 20-year-old UCC student to appear at a business leaders forum in April.

The owner of the Clayton and Maldron hotel chains has said it is hopeful of becoming the operator of a new 211-bedroom hotel due to be built on the site of the former Jury’s Hotel in Ballsbridge in Dublin.

The Dalata Hotel Group has defended its executive pay levels, which soared by nearly 73% last year.

The Dalata Hotel Group has emerged as the likely new operator of the former Burlington Hotel in Dublin, four months after baulking at such a move.

The Dalata Hotel Group is to consider paying a maiden dividend to shareholders based on its 2017 earnings, management said yesterday.

The operators of one of the best known five-star hotels in the country, the Aghadoe Heights in Killarney, expect a significant improvement in the hotel’s performance this year.

The Dalata Hotel Group has effectively ruled itself out of the race to buy Dublin’s famous Gresham Hotel, which formally went on the market last week with a price tag of over €80m.

Ireland’s largest hotel group, Dalata, is interested in adding the Clarion Hotel in Sligo to its portfolio.

Cork’s Clarion Hotel has been acquired by the Dalata Hotel Group for €35.1m in a cash deal expected to be concluded before the end of this month.

The Dalata Hotel Group is considering a possible purchase of Cork’s Clarion Hotel, which is currently on the market with a €30m price tag.

An aggressive push into the UK market, from the latter part of 2016 onwards, will form the next phase of the Dalata Hotel Group’s ambitious expansion plans.

The Dalata Group has secured planning permission for a €36m plan to transform its Clayton Hotel Dublin Airport into one of the largest in the country.

The face of the Irish hotel sector has changed significantly over the past number years as international owners and well-known brands have become more prevalent.

It is decision time for Dalata as to whether or not the country’s largest hotel group wants to play a part in any deal for two landmark Ballsbridge hotels, its chief executive has said.

More than half a billion euro was spent on hotel acquisitions in the first quarter of the year in the largest quarterly spree ever seen.

The country’s largest hotel group Dalata completed a transformational year with the announcement that it has added the Holiday Inn in Belfast to its portfolio of hotels for €25.7m.

The country’s largest hotel group, Dalata will create hundreds of jobs over the coming 12 months as it continues its dominance of the sector.

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Operating profits at the country’s largest hotel, Citywest, are set to exceed 2013 levels.

The Dalata Hotel Group has continued its proposed acquisition spree, by shelling out close to €32m in cash for two well-known four-star properties in Galway and Wexford.

AS Irish hotel sales inch up to an end-of-year €500m tally, more hotels, north and south of the Border, have found new owners in the past week, in Wexford, Galway and Fermanagh.

The Dalata Hotel Group — which owns the Maldron chain of hotels — has said it will not acquire any share of the Clyde Court and Ballsbridge Hotels in Dublin City.

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A better-than-expected first half performance has led the Dalata Hotel Group to forecast full-year earnings of €7.5m to €8m for 2014.

The Dalata Hotel Group could spend up to €500m on expanding its portfolio over the next two-to-three years, management said yesterday.

An emblem of the Celtic Tiger era, the Heritage Hotel in Co Laois, goes for sale this week with €5.5m price guide.

The Dalata Hotel Group is hoping to use proceeds from its upcoming flotation to expand its property network, either via single asset purchases or the buyout of rival groups’ portfolios.

The Irish exchange is back in the big time, with the US also booming again, writes Kyran Fitzgerald.

The operators of the Clyde Court Hotel that hosted All-Ireland hurling winners Clare are themselves celebrating after reporting substantially increased revenues and profits for the year.

The zombie hotels dotted across the landscape are beginning to revive or die.

THERE are inmates of the Irish prison system who have been incarcerated for most of their lives.

Peter Pringle was condemned to death for the murder of two gardaí, but was freed on appeal. In his book he claimed a miscarriage of justice. Not everyone agrees, writes Michael Clifford

The CEO of the country’s largest hotel group said yesterday he expects earnings at the group to increase by 40% on the €2m recorded last year.

One of Cork’s best-known hotels is under new management following the appointment of a receiver.

The chief executive of the country’s largest hotel group said yesterday that the Dalata Group significantly increased its revenues last year and had good growth in its operating profits.

A RECEIVER has been appointed to the Lynch Group’s flagship and longest established hotel, the West County Hotel in Ennis.

SHARES in UTV — the Belfast-based broadcast and media group — soared yesterday, after two high profile investments were made in the business.

EBS Building Society has appointed Pat McCann and Liam Mulvihill as non-executive directors.

EBS Building Society has today appointed two new non-executive directors to its board of directors, Pat McCann and Liam Mulvihill.