*Photograph: Arthur Ellis. OPERATORS of the five-star Trump Doonbeg resort in Doonbeg have stated it is beyond their control to restore the favourable conservation status of the tiny EU protected snail, Vertigo Angustior on site.
US PRESIDENT, Donald Trump has called his Doonbeg golf course one of the best in the world and said he is “going to try” to visit the county in September and admitted he was unaware of the latest objection to plans to build a ballroom in West Clare.
FIVE-TIME Major champion Rory McIlroy is the first golfer confirmed to be teeing off in Doonbeg for the Irish Open this September.
*An artist’s impression of the proposed ballroom. CLARE COUNTY Council has given the green light for a new ballroom at the US President Donald Trump-owned Trump Doonbeg golf resort.
*Photograph: Arthur Ellis. INVESTMENT will be needed in West Clare to give the country a strong international impression when The Irish Open takes place in Doonbeg next September, the Minister for Sport has said.
*Crowds at the 2019 Irish Open in Lahinch. A LASTING LEGACY left by The Irish Open in Lahinch needs to be replicated in Doonbeg.
*Photograph: Arthur Ellis. CO CLARE is on course to host The Irish Open for the second time in less than a decade with a deal close to getting over the line for Trump Doonbeg to be the official venue.
*Photograph: Julian Behal. DOONBEG HAS many high-profile business personnel within its community and its gearing up for the return of former US President Donald Trump who is to visit his hotel and golf resort next month.