Connect 16 opens on Wednessday. Nicola McGrane and a horse named Dante joined the stakeholders from Kildare Fáilte to publicise the event at Carton house last Thursday. Kildare Fáilte is drawing up a plan to bring 200,000 tourists to the county by 2020.
Picture shows Deirdre Twomey of Kilkenny Ormonde Hotel with Oonagh Kelly, Fáilte Ireland who attended the first of Fáilte Ireland’s autumn sales workshops in the Kilkenny Ormonde Hotel pitching their businesses to a group of 20 British Coach & Group Operators.
Visit Belfast are launching their ‘Find your Belfast‘ campaign for October, funded by Belfast City Council. A cast of locals recruited via social media will offer up the things they love about the city, festivals, shopping, events, and food, via advertising on radio and billboards, social media, leaflets, and on buses and bus stops.
Picture shows the Hook Lighthouse Photo Competition winner image by Dwane Doran.
- The National Gallery of Ireland have announced their exhibitions for 2016-2017. see here for details,
- Read the doggie trip from London to Ireland by Cavan native and former Irish Press writer John McEntee.
- Lovin’ Dublin founder Niall Harbison accused Fáilte Ireland of plagiarism and has sought legal advice over the State body’s use of its ‘Dublin- a breath of fresh air’ logo.
- The GPO Witness History Visitor Centre in O’Connell Street is to unveil a letter of surrender written by Patrick Pearse on April 30th 1916, on next Tuesday.
- Fáilte Ireland’s Autumn Tourism Barometer surveyed 600 tourism businesses and found 84p of hoteliers and 76pc of guesthouse operators reported business was up on 2015.
- Screaming Reels won the Rosslare Small Boats Festival for a record eight year.
- Cobh heritage centre is offering free entry on November 5th and 6th for those who had ancestors who emigrated from Cobh. . To avail of the free Genealogy service the public must email in advance the fact that they will be coming and to send details of their family story.
- Susan Byrne formerly of Tourism Ireland in the new and emerging markets division based in London has established and launched a new company, offering marketing and representation services to Irish tourism businesses., Phoenix Travel Representation.
- The first half of the Waterford Greenway opened from Kilmacthomas to Dungarvan.
- Why Richard E Grant loves Ireland
