Businessman and Paddy McKillen associate Ronnie Delany sued the Al Thanis and the Maybourne Hotels group over an alleged "blackballing” in the wake of a wider falling out between the Qatari and McKillen camps.
Long after Prohibition, a few high-end cocktail bars show it’s still possible to retain their speakeasy forebears’ air of mystery and adventure, writes Marl Ellwood, The Wall Street Journal.
Our columnist sounds off on ways hotels can up their game on everything from room lighting to oversize towels, writes Dawn Gilbertson, The Wall Street Journal.
Ireland’s international reputation for hospitality will be closely watched as more institutional capital enters the hotel market – perhaps no more so than when the Ryder Cup arrives in Adare next year.
Recalled to give evidence, Gerard Lane accepted in a moment of anger he threatened Tinakilly House co-owner Denis Connolly that he would become the "partner from hell". However he denied this was motivating his case against his business partner.
On Monday, the US lifestyle and pharmaceutical firm spent £33m buying up assets tied to troubled craft brewer BrewDog. Its Dublin outpost, which employs over 50 people, is among them.
The Mercantile Entertainment Group, which owns popular venues like Café en Seine, The George, and Whelan’s, was founded in 2015. Regan has bought out his long-term co-shareholder in the business, an investment company founded by Michael Breslin.
Simultaneous insolvencies and new openings across the leading publican’s portfolio can be head-spinning. They reflect the fortunes of venues financed independently and carrying different baggage from pandemic times.
Describing himself as a "budding, young sprightly 64 years of age”, Denis Connolly took the stand to give his side of the bitter hotel ownership row while independent expert Kieran Wallace elaborated on his concerns over the business's accounts.
All Christmas bookings will be honoured at the bar and restaurant complexes, and the receivership will not affect the wider Nola Clan group.
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