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€25 million hotel to create 120 jobs at Ballyliffin 13.05.08

A €25 million new hotel and resort to be opened in Ballyliffin will create around 120 jobs and pump in €3 million a year in wages to the local economy it was revealed yesterday.
Plans for the new hotel and resort were unveiled at a press conference by businessmen Cecil Doherty, Owen McLaughlin and Sean Keogh who said the project will create 100 jobs during its two years of construction.
And they said that when completed, the new hotel and resort will provide 120 sustainable jobs locally and pump €3 million in wages into the Inishowen economy annually.

Cecil Doherty and Sean Keogh with local politicians at the press conference to unveil plans for the new hotel in Ballyliffin.
“The Celtic tiger was a neutered pussycat in Inishowen, we can bring it to the peninsula, albeit belatedly,” said Mr Doherty, who counts the Ballyliffin Lodge and Spa amongst his business interests.
“The plans take your breath away,” said local postmaster and Ballyliffin Golf Club member Des Kemmy.
The new Sandy Bay Hotel will occupy the site of the former Pollan Beach Hotel that closed late last year. The proposal includes 104 bedrooms, 22 family apartments, bars and restaurants and will use cutting edge techniques to develop an environmentally friendly and sustainable building. The leisure centre at the Ballyliffin Lodge Hotel will be relocated to the new hotel that will encompass a five star spa.
Planning permission for the hotel will be sought later this month and the developers have targeted November 2008 as the start date for construction. All things being equal, they aim to be open for business in April 2010.
However, the developers say the infrastructural deficit in the village needs to be urgently addressed in consultation with the local community, hoteliers and county council.
“We do not want unnecessary delays and a long delay could result in the loss of investor confidence and withdrawal from the project,” Cecil Doherty said. “We need to seize the day. It would be unforgivable if this opportunity would be missed. (Story: Inishowen Independent)
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