Business Week: Big news for several Irish businessmen; mortgage woes; and housing

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Property to be added to group that includes the Westin and Intercontinental hotels

Some great ideas to help you get away from it all

Interview: The celebrity chef on past failures, rivals, his new venture, and his ‘shy side’

Enniskerry building to be auctioned after barista-and-baker pair close Kennedy’s

New accounts show resort falling back in the red despite revenues staying stable at €8.6m

Sale includes former Deer Park Hotel and golf courses

Astronaut Kathryn Sullivan in Galway for the fifth Our Ocean Wealth Summit

Sarah Slazenger on the challenges of running the family-owned Powerscourt estate in Enniskerry, plans for climate change intitiatives and a new whiskey distillery

Couples will soon be able to say ’I do’ in new 240-seat amphitheatre at five-star resort in Enniskerry

As head gardener of an historic house, now a popular wedding hotel, Tony Hanlon has seen many changes in his beloved garden

One Irish spa website lists 192 properties around the country, ranging from wellness centres to super-luxury hotels

There is an ever-expanding range of options for the nation’s corporate diners

Invasive plant species can devalue properties substantially and cost home-owners tens of thousands of euro

Moxy of hotels from Marriott and examining the dark side of ‘hypermobility’

Top class resort strategically located off the M9 within an hour’s drive of Dublin

To give guests a good night’s sleep, Irish hoteliers look close to home for bedlinen

Kerry Co-op gets tax demand, Ronan wants to build a hotel and May clamps down on pay

Raking the carpet, deep cleaning the curtains, and being handy with the iron – how top hotels keep their rooms in five-star order