Tipp up for the double

TWO Thurles hotels are up for sale this month — one is famed in GAA lore and heritage, the other, larger, a trading entity, and just on the edge of the Tipperary town.

The duo are Hayes Hotel, the birthplace of the GAA in 1884 and steeped in GAA legend ever since, and the Anner Hotel: both are being offered for receivers KPMG.

Already under the eye of a local Thurles consortium is the 36-bed Hayes Hotel on Liberty Square: the trio, known as the Thurles Troika, include hurling legend Lar Corbett who already has bar/restaruant interests in Thurles. Guide price is 750,000-plus via CBRE who are selling by private treaty.