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“WE PLAN to spend a lot of money, obviously fix the course, make it play perfect and integrate it with a hotel collection.”
Eric Trump literally blew into West Clare on Storm Darwin on Wednesday night with his older brother and fellow Executive Vice President Donald Jnr just one day after they reputedly paid € 15 million for the 18hole golf links, hotel and spa.
Even though the five star lodge was dimly lit amid a local power outage, the businessmen were impressed with the authenticity of the architec- ture and the rugged beauty of the surrounding area. The American brothers, sons of the world famous Donald Trump, announced that the existing jobs would be safe at the resort and even more will come on stream in the next six months to a year they promised, and it was all good news.
“You are putting a property in a very, very big engine and I think that is a very good thing for the region. I think it will bring a tremendous amount of people here,” Eric Trump told The Clare People. The Lodge at Doonbeg, now known as Trump International Golf Links Ireland, is West Clare’s largest employer.