Category: Archive
February 16, 2011
By Staff Reporter
Ice cream sales soared as well, according to Kevin Donnelly of the ice cream maker HB. July was disappointing, Donnelly reported, but said sales in August were now up tenfold.
Bookmakers got burned: many Irish punters successfully bet that the summer heat would hit record temperatures.
HOTELS HELD UP
The Irish hotel industry held up through 2002 in spite of a worldwide economic downturn and an especially weak tourist market, a survey has shown.
Occupancy decreased overall by 1.1 percent and an average room fell in price by 29 percent to