Looks like Anne Frankâs view.
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Lawlorâs?
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Wouldnât be a great night for pinting. Be quite enough around.
The 360 would be decent for grub if itâs open.
O Connors in Abbeyside might be an option. The owner loves a punt, so yeâd be well suited.
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Yep. Not the greatest to be honest. Nice enough staff but no heat in the rooms last night and no towels either. A bit Basil tbh.
The moorings won out. Savage haddock goujons n chips. And a bottle of nice copper coast red.
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@Fagan_ODowd i heard a good podcast today about Jimmy Rooney. Other side of the county, but sounds like some boyo.
Never heard of him.
He boarded some wrecked shipping crane in Ardmore in the late 80s and claimed it as his own. Spent a few months on the wreck before he eventually came off. Had captained Ardmore to a county title too.
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I think that ship is still there. If you do the hill top walk in Ardmore you walk a long the top of a cliff over looking it. Well whatâs left of it these days.
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Dispute over Waterfordâs long-vacant Ard RĂ Hotel due back in court
BARRY OâHALLORAN
Irish group Treacys Hotels will clash with US fund Cerberus next week in a High Court case that is key to the future of a landmark property that has been empty for several years.
Family-owned Treacys maintains it agreed to buy the Ard RĂ Hotel overlooking Waterford city in November 2016 from Promontoria Aran Ltd, part of US investment fund Cerberus, for âŹ1.6 million.
It says Promontoria Aran subsequently agreed to sell the property to businessman Seamus Walsh for âŹ1.5 million, despite receiving a âŹ160,000 non-refundable deposit from the Treacy family, sparking a legal dispute.
Maria Keena, a member of the Treacy family, is due to ask the High Court on Tuesday to order Promontoria Aran, receiver Luke Charleton of EY and others to fulfil what the hoteliers say is a contract to sell them the Ard RĂ, or pay damages.
She signed a receipt for the deposit, which she maintains is part of the evidence to support the claim that there was a contract to sell the hotel to her as the groupâs representative.
The High Court dismissed Ms Keenaâs claim in February 2019 on the grounds that she had not established an arguable case, but in October last year the Court of Appeal decided her case should be heard.
That ruling means the High Court must hear Ms Keenaâs and the Treacysâ case that a receipt for the âŹ160,000 deposit, and emails between the parties, amount to evidence of a contract to sell the hotel to them.
Promontoria Aran and Mr Charleton maintain that this is not the case. They asked the High Court to dismiss the claim when it was first heard.
Once part of the old Juryâs group, the 165-bedroom Ard RĂ has lain idle for several years and was not in use at the time Treacys Hotels offered to buy it. Its state has prompted concerns locally about vandalism and antisocial behaviour around the property.
Treacys Hotels became interested in the Ard RĂ in 2016, the same year that Cerberus acquired loans secured on the hotel through Promontoria Aran, and appointed Mr Charleton as receiver.
Approached Cerberus
Bob Lanigan, a close associate of the hotel groupâs head, Ms Keenaâs father Jim Treacy, approached Terry Byrne of Cerberus European Services Advisors (Ireland) Ltd in November 2016 to see whether the US firm would sell the property.
Mr Lanigan maintains that Mr Byrne told him he would âenforce the saleâ at âŹ1.4 million to âŹ1.5 million, although the defendants dispute that he said this.
Mr Treacy authorised Mr Lanigan to offer Mr Byrne âŹ1.6 million. It has been claimed that while he did not name either Mr Treacy or the group, Mr Lanigan subsequently confirmed to Mr Byrne in phone conversations on November 21st, 2016, that the person he represented was prepared to pay that sum for the Ard RĂ.
Mr Lanigan maintains that Mr Byrne told him to pay the non-refundable deposit of âŹ160,000 to Ernst & Young â now EY â at the accountantsâ firmsâ offices in Dublin that day.
It has also been claimed that Ms Keena, Mr Lanigan and Mr Treacy travelled to the offices and at 8.30pm handed over a bank draft for âŹ160,000 to EY staff member Chris Allen.
Mr Lanigan maintains that Mr Allen confirmed this was 10 per cent of the price for the Ard RĂ. The EY staffer, according to the claims, then made out a receipt, using a copy of the draft, which he, Mr Lanigan and Ms Keena signed.
Another EY staff member, Ciara OâMongain, signed as a witness to all three, court documents show.
The High Court hearing focused heavily on the question of the buyerâs identity, as Mr Lanigan did not say initially on whose behalf he was negotiating.
In her Court of Appeal ruling, Ms Justice MĂĄire Whelan said that, applying common sense to the circumstances, a case could be made that Ms Keena, a member of the Treacy family, signed as the purchaser.
Neither the Treacys, EY nor Cerberus would comment.
Didnât McEniff have this at one point? Was a decent place at one point
Some location overlooking the city. I was at a few teenage discos there in the mid 80s. I shifted a girl from Portlaw during a slow set. She had a moustache like Freddy Mercury. My brother still slags me about it.
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He did. He bought it off Juryâs and sold it to Tom Coughlan (who owned Cork City at one stage). He was the one left holding the baby when the crash came. It was a great spot for a wedding or a disco but it was some walk back into the town after.
I won a heat of Know Your Sport there back in September 1995, Anthony Daly was the mystery guest and presented me with my crystal bowl at the end of the show. It was 3 weeks after Clare won the All Ireland, I had a face like thunder accepting it.
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I didnt realise you were an Offaly man?
When we were studying accountancy we used to go down to Waterford to the Ard Ri for a week and have classes with the waterford crew led by Hego (Later griffith college). The waterford crew would reciprocate and come up to Cruises for a week. The group included the future CEO of the FAI.
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