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Supermac's founder Pat McDonagh has criticised the "astronomical" cost of defending personal injury cases after the company spent more than €380,000 in legal costs fighting eight claims.

Four of the cases were dismissed, two were withdrawn in court, one was settled for €9,000 while a claimant was awarded €26,250 damages in another.

 New accounts for Supermac's have revealed that the fast food chain's pre-tax profits increased 8% to €23.7 million last year while its revenues rose 9.5% to €172 million.

Meanwhile, the number of people directly employed by Supermac's (Holdings) Ltd amounted to 1,720 at the end of last year.

CIE Tours has launched a -new website that takes a page from the Irish tradition of storytelling to present a rich user experience designed to kindle travelers’ dreams of adventure. Additionally, a wealth of enhancements, from more intuitive navigation to a more robust travel agent portal, ensure it will be an indispensable resource for travel agents selling CIE Tours vacations.

 Direction for the new website came from comprehensive travel agent and consumer research, sparking the creation of a storefront that conveys the true essence of a CIE Tours experience. Strong human-centered imagery, thematic videos, crafted articles and rich content showcase what makes CIE Tours unique. The new website provides valuable information, travel insights and scannable, easy-to-read content that preview the company’s unique itineraries and introduce the unparalleled tour directors and first-rate suppliers who are essential to delivering the CIE Tours experience.

 

Developer of large-scale co-living developments The Collective has included a 144-bedroom hotel in the plans for its first project in Dublin.

 The Collective purchased a site in Dublin's Liberties area from property group Oakmount for €10.5 million earlier this year and has now lodged plans for a 144-bedroom hotel that would include 69 single-occupancy co-living units on its upper floors, according to The Sunday Times.

 If approved, the proposed development would be called The Collective Fumbally and would be eight storeys in height. The Collective hopes to begin work on the development in the autumn of 2020 and expects that it will take 20 months to complete.

 

Investment services firm Vesada Private has lodged plans for the development of a 47-bedroom hotel beside Arthur's pub in the Liberties area of Dublin.

 Vesada Private director Des Connolly told The Business Post that the project is not an investment for one of the firm's clients. Rather, it is for the firm itself. 

While there is currently no operator lined up for the proposed hotel, Connolly stated that Vesada Private would like to work with a large brand.