Major hotel and golf resort planned at Abbeyville

The owners of former Taoiseach Charles Haughey's Abbeyville estate in Dublin are planning to build a hotel, golf course and residential development on the 230-acre site.

Reports this morning said Manor Park Homebuilders was seeking planning permission for a 70-bedroom hotel with spa and leisure centre, an 18-hole championship golf course with clubhouse, a 344-space car park and 46 four to six-bedroom homes.