Dromoland Castle secures planning permission for 25 more bedrooms ahead of Ryder Cup
Renovation of stables complex and new four-storey wing will provide an additional 25 rooms and potential revenue of close to €6m
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Dromoland Castle looking to add 13 new rooms ahead of 2027 Ryder Cup
Plan involves converting stables into bedrooms with hotel promising alternative roosting for lesser horseshoe bats on the site
Five-star Clare hotel ‘only has a few rooms left’ for Ryder Cup 2027, says general manager
Clare hotels enjoyed another record year in 2024 with operating profits increasing by 20% to €2.42m on 6% rise in revenues
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Dromoland Castle saw sales hit record in 2023
Hotel general manager notes ‘very strong’ average room rate
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Women’s Irish Open: Leona Maguire makes a late charge to energise the atmosphere
After a bogey on 13th, Maguire’s chances transformed with a run of birdie-birdie-eagle-birdie to propel her inside the top 20
Mehaffey leads home challenge as Dagar sets the pace in Irish Open
Co Down native concentrating on her mental game as she posts a three-under 69 to lie four shots adrift of the Indian pacesetter
Coulter looks right at home as she mixes it with the pros
Young amateur from Co Down shows her mettle as she battles back to post a a 73 in her first ever appearance in a professional tournament
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Lord Inchiquin, former owner of Dromoland Castle in Co Clare, dies aged 79
Conor O’Brien, the 18th Baron Inchiquin, was ‘chief’ of O’Brien clan
Dromoland secures €700 average room rate in July as US visitors return
Drumoland Castle expects to double revenues in the current year after returning to profit last year on back of State wage subsidies
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