Malone Buys Limerick Strand
Irish-American businessman John Malone has agreed terms to buy the Limerick Strand Hotel in the city for close to €20m, according to to-day's 'Irish Independent'
Mr Malone, who controls cable supplier UPC through his conglomerate Liberty Global, has already bought a number of hotels in Ireland over the past three years.
The include the Westin Hotel in Dublin for €60m, the Trinity City Hotel in Dublin for €30m and Humewood Castle for €8m.
The four-star Limerick Strand Hotel was developed at a cost of €40m in 2007. It was built on the site of the former Jurys Hotel and is part of a wider project by developer John Lally through his company Lalco.