John Horan’s two-tier proposals have room to improve

About the kindest way to describe how John Horan is going about fixing the fixtures is that it’s as if after commissioning the Brennan brothers to assess and improve his hotel, he has them arrive on site only to find him already unleashing his inner Dermot Bannon who is about to give a foreman the thumbs up to a garish giant water fountain being plumped in the middle of the foyer. With a miniature one to go in every other room in the building while he’s at it.

‘Eh, yeah, I like how that goes there. Sure work around that. That’s not a problem, is it, John and Francis? Work away off a blank canvas like that.’