€100m in tourism investment put on hold

MORE than €100 million of investment in tourism infrastructure across the Shannon region was put on hold yesterday due to fears about the loss of the Heathrow link.

Two of Clare’s most prestigious golf resorts, Dromoland Castle and Doonbeg, both confirmed yesterday they were postponing new developments. And in Ennis, the Flynn Hotels Group suspended a project to build a new €25 million 120-bed facility on the grounds of the Our Lady’s Hospital.

Alan Flynn, who also runs the Ennis’s Old Ground Hotel and the Imperial Hotel Cork, said it will not proceed if the Heathrow link is lost.