After a rollercoaster of Nama and vulture funds, McGettigan looks to the future

Hospitality veteran prepares to pump €10 million into former Regency Hotel

Hoteliers Patsy and Jim McGettigan Picture: Bryan Meade

The 50-year-old McGettigan family hospitality business will put €10 million into revamping the former Regency Hotel and look at new acquisitions, its founder has told The Sunday Business Post.

Last Thursday octogenarian family patriarch Jim McGettigan was in high spirits as he joined his wife Patricia and the rest of the family at the launch of the new McGettigan’s bar at the hotel in Drumcondra in Dublin.

The hotel, where an infamous gangland ...