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April 11, 2019 No Responses

NY International Auto Show Is Parked at the Jacob Javits Center This April

New York International Auto Show 2019 Jacob Javits Center April 19 – 28, 2019 Running from April 19th to the 28th, 2019, the New York International Auto Show, held at the Jacob Javits Center, is a perennial favorite for both...

April 10, 2019 No Responses

Game Of Thrones Ending Said To Be Bittersweet By Liam Cunningham

One of the leading actors from Game Of Thrones has described the ending of the show as “bittersweet.” Dubliner Liam Cunningham plays smuggler turned Lord Davos Seaworth in the fantasy epic, which will conclude after 10 years with its final...

February 19, 2019 No Responses

Space Capsule That Carried Tim Peake Arrives in Northern Ireland

The spacecraft that transported astronaut Tim Peake into orbit has touched down in Northern Ireland. The Soyuz TMA-19M capsule, which carried Major Peake to and from the International Space Station (ISS), has gone on display in the Ulster Transport Museum...

February 18, 2019 No Responses

Two Cork Restaurants Win Big At Inaugural World Restaurant Awards

Two restaurants in Cork and a restaurant in London have triumphed on the global food stage at the inaugural World Restaurant Awards. The ceremony, dubbed the Oscars of the food world by co-founder Andrea Petrini, took place in Paris on...

February 12, 2019 No Responses

Tourism Ireland’s Chief Executive Niall Gibbons Waxes Enthusiastic About Travel to Eire

Tourism Ireland’s Chief Executive Niall Gibbons may be the most passionate Irishman ever, at least when it comes to getting people to visit the Emerald Isle. Responsible for marketing the island overseas, Gibbons has been enjoying a series of success...

January 10, 2019 No Responses

Over One Million People Visited Dublin Zoo in 2018

Dublin Zoo’s annual visitor numbers have exceeded one million for the eighth year in a row. New figures reveal that 1,230,145 people visited the Phoenix Park attraction over the course of 2018. November to January saw 210,235 of those visit...

January 8, 2019 No Responses

Kerry’s Reeks District Makes Number Three on Rough Guides Top Six List

The Reeks District in Kerry has been listed as one of the Top 6 places in the world to visit. The Rough Guides travel website ranked the area around the Macgillycuddy’s Reeks at number three on its ‘Six Regions on...

December 30, 2018 No Responses

St Columbanus’ Pilgramage Route Could Be a Tourism Bonanza

A near-2,000 mile pilgrimage by an Irish missionary could become a recognized European cultural route and trigger a tourism bonanza, campaigners said. A satnav map of the evangelizing journey of Bangor monk St Columbanus from Ireland to modern-day Italy in...

December 28, 2018 No Responses

Skellig Michael Transformed by Star Wars Films

A rocky outcrop off the coast of Kerry that starred in two Star Wars films has transformed the tourism scene in south-west Ireland. Star Wars fans have been flocking to Skellig Michael, a sheer-sided island 12 miles off the Wild...

December 25, 2018 No Responses

Global Irish Festival Series to be Expanded in 2019

A major tourism initiative aimed at enticing the Irish diaspora to return home to visit is set to be expanded next year, Failte Ireland has confirmed. The Global Irish Festival Series, which was piloted along the Wild Atlantic Way in...

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