Revenues at the Leonardo chain of hotels, formerly Jurys Inn, last year more than doubled to €48.32m as the business recovered from the Covid impact on the tourism industry.
A €3m investment is planned to redevelop a business campus for the north-west at the iconic 112,000 sqft former MBNA offices in Carrick-on-Shannon, which employed 1,200 people at its height.
The Government will have to increase other taxes, cut spending or freeze welfare and pension rates if it wants to fund full income tax indexation, the Irish Fiscal Advisory Council has warned.