Developers determined to complete €60m 5-star Beara hotel

DESPITE the economic downturn, the developers of a €60 million luxury hotel in west Cork have decided to plough ahead with the project.

It is hoped the five-star hotel in the Beara peninsula will create up to 130 jobs when it opens next summer.

The owners admitted yesterday work had slowed down on turning a former historic mansion in Castletownbere into a top-rating Cappella hotel.