Between the Old Course and the Cashen Course, there would usually be 16,000 rounds a year played by overseas visitors at Ballybunion. Ballybunion Golf Club is hopeful of a return of visitors towards the end of this summer. So our operational loss for the year was €440,000 before depreciation so in the scheme of things for Ballybunion Golf Club it wasn’t that bad. If international travel doesn’t resume and if there isn’t normality in the country then all the wage subsidies and all those things will likely continue for longer. But if things open up quicker and get back to normality then they’ll be withdrawn but we’ll have extra revenue.

Source: The Irish Times May 30, 2021 06:00 UTC