One of the great success stories of recent years in Rooskey village is the Shannon Key West Hotel. The Shannon Key West Hotel presently employs about forty people. Now under the ownership and management of Niall Flynn, the hotel has enjoyed an excellent 2007 business-wise and there are plans for continued development of the popular facility in the New Year. Mr. Niall Flynn, proprietor and manager, outlined details of the ongoing developments at the Shannonside hotel. ‘During 2007 we extended the Kilglass restaurant. We intend to complete our new kitchen project by the end of January 2008. ‘In the New Year we will continue the soft refurbishment of our bedrooms. We have forty bedrooms and about 20% of them have been refurbished, with the remainder to be completely refurbishment by the end of December 2008’. Recently riveside Holistic & Beauty Therapies opened at the hotel. ‘It’s proving very popular,’ Niall told the Roscommon People. ‘We have weekend packages available, a ‘pamper weekend’ concept which is very popular with the ladies. The holistic and beauty therapies are great before wedding too, a nice extra for the bride and other guests’. The biggest project of all is the plan to extend the hotel in Rooskey so that it incorporates about forty more bedrooms. Mr. Flynn confirms that it is intended to progress with that extension in the near future. Asked how business has been in 2007, Mr. Flynn said that it was excellent and he had been ‘pleasantly surprised.’ ‘We have received great support. I think our hands-on approach helps
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