Developer claims €25m hotel plan can boost resort

A €25 MILLION hotel plan could be the springboard for other major developments in a north Kerry seaside resort, a would-be developer claimed yesterday.

Former Mayor of San Jose Tom McEnery is planning to build the hotel on the site of Ballybunion’s old Castle Hotel, which has been demolished.

However, there have been some objections to the development from people who believe that the site, which opens up views of the Atlantic and the Shannon Estuary, should not be built on again, or else be the location for very limited development.