One off costs of €1.22 million connected to the retirement of long-serving group CEO Eithne Scott Lennon was the chief factor in the Fitzpatrick Hotel Collection falling to a loss of €440,255 before tax last year. Ms Scott Lennon stepped down in November 2023 as group CEO and retired as a director of Emdora subsidiary, Killiney Hotels Ltd. The directors state that the retirement of Killiney Hotels Ltd’s director “resulted in once off retirement costs being incurred by the group” and the accounts under an exceptional item put the retirement cost at €1.22 million. The two paid tribute on Tuesday to their mother’s contribution to the hotel group. “Although she is no longer a director [of Killiney Hotels Ltd], she is still our mother, and we will always value and seek her advice on the business.
