CHARLES HAUGHEY preferred equestrian sports to golf but even he would have been impressed with the hole in one scored by the developers of his former estate home.

An Bord Pleanála has given final approval to the development of a tourism and recreational complex at the former estate of the late Charles Haughey in north Co Dublin.

Land surrounding the luxury mansion of former Taoiseach Charles Haughey should be made into an organic farming centre, it was claimed today.

CHARLES HAUGHEY will net €34 million after tax following the sale of his Kinsealy home and 230-acre estate.