Ireland won the friendliest country in Europe in the 2023 Condé Nast Traveller reader awards. Here is the full list of winners
Melinda Stevens editor of Condé Nast Traveller Ireland won the friendliest country in Europe in…
Browsing: Ireland
Ennistymon completes improvements under €500k Destination Towns initiative
Pat Dowling CEO of Clare County Council and Siobhan King Failte Ireland with Leonard Cleary,…
An Armada of 10,000 hand made boats among 200 events planned for Belfast 2024 programme
Ryan Murphy Mayor fo Belfast Belfast City Council has approved a €6.8m investment to host…
‘The potential to leave a lasting legacy for the region.’
Delegates from around the world to One Young World Summit in Belfast were treated to…
WATCH: ‘If the Hidden Heartlands did not exist we would have to invent it’
‘If the Hidden Heartlands did not exist we would have to invent it’ Siobhan McManamy…
‘Anyone that believes what a politician said before elections is definitely nuts’
“Anyone that believes what politician said before elections is definitely nuts,” former Taoiseach Bertie Ahern…
Culture night: ‘Generations of families and groups of friends coming out to explore’
First held in 2006 in Temple Bar, Culture Night, a series of free cultural events…
Should Ireland join Schengen? These are the 38 points in the ITIC plan for Irish tourism.
Ruth Andrews of the ITOA A Metro to the airport, a SAF production facility, bring…
‘Irish tourism is not expected to recover to pre pandemic levels until 2026, behind other sectors’
Elaine Fitzgerald, chair of ITIC Irish tourism is not expected to recover to pre pandemic…
‘Pre-pandemic the split was 44/56, now it is 67/33 in favour of home holidays’
Figures to be presented to the ITIC conference in Athlone on Monday September 18 show…
ITIC Conference programme Monday Sept 18 2023
09.15: Registrations 10.00: Conference opened by MC and Broadcaster Dearbhail McDonald 10.05: Opening address by…
Tourism Ireland CEO Niall Gibbons origin of icons going green for St Patrick’s Day
With 500 icons set to go green for St Patrick’s Day 2020 we asked Tourism…
WATCH: Update on Tourism Ireland from CEO Niall Gibbons
Niall Gibbons Tourism Ireland Briefing in advance of the St Patrick’s Day greening project, Feb…
WATCH: tourism minister Brendan Griffin
We caught with tourism minister Brendan Griffin https://youtu.be/-ITO58Ucveo
WATCH Visit Derry roadshow @Fitzwilliam Hotel
WATCH Visit Derry roadshow @Fitzwilliam Hotel, Feb 19 2020. Karen Henderson of Visit Derry organised an…
The COST of Brexit to Irish tourism: 3 lost years, 1m visitors and €300m in revenue, and it has not even happened yet
A million lost tourists to Ireland inbound N America growth mass Britain fall The…
Waterford
. County Waterford: Ireland’s county Waterford is steeped in Viking and medieval history, with Waterford…
Ireland and Wales combine in Celtic Routes tourist marketing initiative
Six counties combine in tourist initiative Wicklow, Wexford and Waterford Carmarthenshire, Pembrokeshire and Ceredigion in…
Failte Ireland says regionality is costing Irish tourism market share
Regionality is costing Irish tourism market share Failte ireland’s Paul Kelly says ireland should be…
Visitors from Britain in March down 5.49p on pre Brexit levels
Visitor numbers are up 3.3pc to 784,700 Britain trails 2018 total Central Statistics Office travel…
Limerick positions itself as a gateway to Wild Atlantic Way as it pushes for 1.1m visitors
In 2017 Limerick had: 931,000 visitors – almost 70pc from overseas Total spend locally of…
Doolin named a ‘destination of excellence’ under Fáilte Ireland accreditation system
Doolin awarded destination of excellence under Fáilte Ireland accreditation system 120 frontline staff across 41…
Shannon Heritage to further develop historic Newbridge House as tourist attraction
Dublin’s Newbridge House and Farm – which bills itself as Ireland’s only intact Georgian mansion and estate…
Government must act now as Irish tourism faces €390m hit from Hard Brexit – ITIC
Tourism body said industry could add 80,000 more jobs by 2025 under right policies Government…
Tourism Ireland wins French travel award for fifth time
– has won the prize for ‘best foreign tourist office website’ at the French hospitality…
Annebrook House Mullingar wins hotel of the year at Hospitality awards
fergus O’Donovan GM of the year Annebrook House Surprise winner from Mullingar Salamanca wins…
Dublin tops Ireland but fails to make Tripadvisor international destinations chart
Dublin best in Ireland ahead of Killarney and Galway Tripadvisor rankings for Ireland closely…
Fáilte Ireland to grant €2m towards €3.2m cost of Irish Racehorse Experience at National Stud Kildare
€2m for the Irish Racehorse Experience at National Stud 127,000 visitors in 2018 Fáilte Ireland…
CSO January tourism figures show unusual 10.4pc growth from Britain
CSO shows Britain inbound up 10.4pc Contradicts airport statistics Central Statistics Office figures for…
Inchydorney regains Tripadvisor best beach in Ireland from Inch Strand
Inchydorney was top of Tripadvisor list in 2017 Inch won first lace in 2018 Inchydorney regained…
Tourism Ireland’s Niall Gibbons makes case for airport rail as he’s elected Chamber President
Dublin Chamber is Ireland’s largest Chamber of Commerce in Ireland, with more than 1,300 members…
What Willie Walsh said to Shane Ross: brilliant riposte to minister’s ‘get on with it’ plea at ITIC awards
Tourism minister Shane Ross told industry to ‘get on with it’ IAG CEO Wilie…
Dromoland Castle named Ireland’s top five-star hotel in annual CIE Tours International Awards
Overall winners: Best five-star hotel: Dromoland Castle, Co Clare Best four-star hotel: Cahernane House Hotel,…
Center Parcs opens bookings for stays from the end of August
The resort can hold up to 2,500 guests in 466 lodges and 30 apartments Resort…
ITIC talks gloom but forecasts more visitor growth in 2019 than Tourism Ireland
6-7pc visitor growth and 6-9pc revenue Ahead of Tourism Ireland forecasts The Irish Tourism…
Tourism Ireland exceeded target in 2018 to reach 11.2m visits
Visits up 6pc Spend up 10pc Tourism Ireland exceeded its target by 4.6pc in 2018…
Tourism Ireland launches first global ad campaign in seven years to woo new markets
Tourism Ireland targets 4pc rise in visitor numbers to 11.67m in 2019 Body aims for…
Killarney National Park gets funding for looped tourist walk around lakes
Kerry is to get a new tourist attraction, with confirmation of half a million euro…
Visitor numbers to Ireland (26 counties) predicted to hit 9.6m by end of 2018
Failte Ireland CEO Paul Kelly: “Probably the most successful year for Irish tourism ever” Europe…
US woman is millionth person to visit Book of Kells in a record year for admissions
Visitor numbers rise 9pc in 2018 on last year Overall increase of 50pc in visitor…