Article: IT'S certainly a Quirkey idea: a resort encompassing a huge casino, hotel, world-class racecourse and 02-style concert arena (with retractable roof) all built around a perfect replica of the White House.

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Casino and resort plan to transform tiny town

Ciaran Byrne and Denise Clarke

IT'S certainly a Quirkey idea: a resort encompassing a huge casino, hotel, world-class racecourse and 02-style concert arena (with retractable roof) all built around a perfect replica of the White House.

And to top it off, businessman Richard Quirke (aka Dr Quirkey, owner of Dublin-based amusement arcades) revealed yesterday that he wants to build this '460m, 800-acre pleasure palace not in Las Vegas but near Two-Mile Borris.

Such a project would change the Co Tipperary village forever.

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