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50-bed hotel to be built to enhance facilities for clients at Kildare Paddocks 

Goffs have announced that planning permission has been granted for the development of a 50-bed equine themed hotel at Kill, Co. Kildare.

The project will be a partnership between Goffs and Kildare Hotel Opportunities, a company owned by hoteliers Eoin Doyle and Ray Byrne.

"We are delighted that Kildare Hotel Opportunities will develop this exciting new facility at Goffs.  This development will enhance the world class facilities at Kildare Paddocks and will be of enormous benefit to national and international Goffs clients, enabling them to avail of the facilities and reside on site for our extensive sales programmes,” said Goffs chairman Eimear Mulhern. 

"We believe the proposed equine theme for the hotel will prove very popular with racegoers attending the three Kildare racetracks and visitors to the many equine and retail attractions in the county.”

Kildare Failte, Kildare’s Tourism Board, has also welcomed the development of the 50-bed Hotel.

 For Goffs the new hotel follows the successful opening of the Circle K service station. This latest addition will achieve a key objective of growing the balance sheet and strengthening the asset base for all the shareholders of Robert J Goff & Co PLC.

 Commenting from a bloodstock sales perspective, Goffs Group chief executive, Henry Beeby added: “The addition of an on-site hotel will only add to Kildare Paddocks’ reputation as an unrivalled auction facility.”