One of the country’s most celebrated golf clubs, Lahinch, last year enjoyed a record operating surplus of €2m as green fee income soared.
Ireland’s economy is set to grow at double the rate of the world economy this year and outpace all major economies except India and China next year.
Campaigner Chay Bowes is no longer a shareholder of The Ditch, the muck-raking website whose stories have triggered the resignations of two junior ministers and a major probe of An Bord Pleanála.