Doonbeg, with its strong community and glorious sea views, can survive without the opportunist who snapped it up for a bargain €15 million when the Irish economy was in the doldrums. Photograph: Charles McQuillan/Getty Images
Donald Trump’s hotel in Doonbeg is booked solid for the week of the Irish Open next autumn. You can imagine the avalanche of spondulicks ready to pour into the US president’s coffers. A normal night there in September costs €1,414 for a “premiere suite” with a sea view and breakfast, according to online travel agency Sembo. Warmongering, it transpires, is no impediment to raking in the dosh.
A gag, doing the rounds since Trump’s army killed dozens of people while illegally snatching Nicolás Maduro and his wife, hails it as a historic first for a Co Clare hotelier to kidnap a country’s president. Patrons of his Irish establishment ought to hide their faces in shame as they enter and exit the premises.
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