Following the departure of Richard Corrigan, Bentley's Oyster Bar and Grill on Dublin's St Stephen's Green has been re-named as The Cliff Townhouse.The restaurant and townhouse is owned by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, chief executive Barry O'Callaghan and has been rebranded as a sister enterprise to his boutique Cliff House Hotel in Ardmore, Co Waterford.
Ireland Hotels Cheapest in Western Europe
Ireland has the cheapest hotel rooms in Western Europe, with room rates falling an additional 4% in the first six months of the year, according to the latest survey from Hotels.com.
Its Hotel Price Index reports that while hotel rates are starting to stabilise globally with a 2% increase in the first half of the year, here in Ireland the recovery is taking longer.
The Index shows that room rates in Dublin fell 7% from €78 to €73, making the city one of the least expensive major city destinations globally. Rates in Killarney dropped by 16% in the months January to June, falling to €93 in the second quarter. In Galway, rates declined by 12% to €98.
Top Rates
Kilkenny toppled Killarney to take the title of the most expensive destination in Ireland. Despite prices falling 14% year-on-year, the average room rate for a hotel in Kilkenny is €123 per night according to Hotels.com. Sligo and Castlebar were the only two areas to record an increase in the period. Room rates in Sligo were up 5% from €82 to €86 while hotels in Castlebar increased by 4%, bringing the average hotel room price to €77 per night.
Cork hotel prices fell a further 5% year-on-year to €76. Waterford remains the cheapest city in Ireland (€50) with prices down a further 11% compared to this time last year.
With an average room rate of €79 Ireland is now the fourth most inexpensive in the Eurozone after the Czech Republic (€76), Poland (€74) and Hungary (€70).
