Ballybunion 'eyesore' to go under the hammer

The Golf Hotel has been closed since 2016 and many residents are keen to see it demolished entirely

The hotel. Wish you weren't here: the Ballybunion Golf Hotel, an unpopular eyesore in the north Kerry holiday resort going under the hammer on July 23. Picture: Neil Michael

Standing at five storeys, it’s hardly one of Ireland’s tallest buildings.

But to residents of Ballybunion, it is five storeys too many and should never have been built in the first place.