Top five recipients of State funding

Hatch Hall accommodation centre, Dublin 2. Photograph: Rory O Neill
Hatch Hall accommodation centre, Dublin 2. Photograph: Rory O Neill

1. Mosney
Money received: €101 million
Accommodation: Mosney Accommodation Centre, Co Meath
Directors: Phelim McCloskey, Drogheda, Co Louth; Sarah Gates, Drogheda, Co Louth; Ruth Kierans, Drogheda, Co Louth

2. East Coast Catering
Money received: €91.5 million
Accommodation: Baleskin Reception Centre, Co Dublin;
Hatch Hall, Dublin 2;
Carroll Village, Dundalk
Directors: Dundalk
businessmen Denis Williams and Brian Byrne; Canada-based businessmen Patrick
O'Callaghan

and Richard Sheppard

3. Bridgestock
Money received: €66.7 million
Accommodation: Globe House, Sligo;
Lisbrook House, Galway;
Athlone Accommodation Centre, Co Westmeath
Directors: Séamus Gillen, Tullamore, Co Offaly; Eoghan McGinty, Galway; Michael Gillen, Sligo

4. Millstreet Equestrian Services Ltd
Money received: €52.6 million
Accommodation: Viking House, Waterford;
Bridgewater House,
Carrick-on-Suir, Co Tipperary;
Drishane Castle, Millstreet,
Co Cork
Directors: Noel C Duggan, Cork, and Thomas A Duggan

5. Shaun Hennelly, Galway.
Money received: €24.3 million
Accommodation: Great Western House, Galway
Owners: Shaun and Kathleen Hennelly, Galway

Source: Department of Justice figures from 2000 to 2012; figures relate to funding
provided for current commercial centres and centres which may since have closed

Carl O'Brien

Carl O'Brien

Carl O'Brien is Education Editor of The Irish Times. He was previously chief reporter and social affairs correspondent