Tributes paid to hotelier who died in fall

TRIBUTES were paid yesterday to leading hotelier Gerry O’Connor, who died in a fall on the MacGillycuddy Reeks in Co Kerry on Monday.

Mr O’Connor, who was in his mid-forties, lived at Cloghroe, Blarney, Co Cork, and was formerly manager of the Blarney Park Hotel.

He is survived by his wife, Elizabeth, and sons, Brian, Daniel and James.