Trump tees off Doonbeg love affair

Will Trump’s flirtations with Clare resort turn sour, asks Caroline O’Doherty

DONALD Jr spoke with trademark Trump brashness when he described how one of the most recognisable names in international real estate came to own a piece of west Clare.

Recalling how the Doonbeg Hotel and Golf Resort had appealed to him when he spotted it while on the lookout for bargain buys in Ireland two years ago, and then hearing just 10 days ago that it was now in receivership, he went to his dad, Donald Sr, and said: “I know you’ve never seen it but...”