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Fáilte Ireland’s New Employer Excellence Initiative Will Champion Best Employers in Tourism Industry

By Ryan Harmon
Fáilte Ireland has launched a new, first of its kind industry wide Employer Excellence initiative that will provide tourism businesses with a competitive edge as they recruit and retain staff in a highly competitive employment market. The initiative will help to drive improvements in employment practices across the industry and provide businesses with tailored action […]
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Táin Trail Route to be Reimagined by Fáilte Ireland

By Ryan Harmon
Fáilte Ireland has initiated a review the Táin Trail Route (Walking/Hiking, Cycling & Driving) for Louth, Meath, Westmeath, Longford and Roscommon, to establish it as an important tourism trail within Ireland’s Ancient East and Ireland’s Hidden Heartlands. The purpose of the review is to transform the Táin Trail, which stretches from the Cooley Peninsula in […]
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Let’s Play Summer 2022

By Ryan Harmon
Let’s Play Summer 2022 is all about enjoying the summer across the country! Here is some of what’s on offer around Ireland for families this summer! Heritage Ireland Admission charges to all open, fee-paying OPW heritage sites are waived from 14 May until the end of 2022. Check out heritageireland.ie/ National Parks & Wildlife Service For […]
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€6m Funding to Develop 200 Outdoor Adventure Projects

By Ryan Harmon
The Minister for Rural and Community Development, Heather Humphreys TD, has announced funding of almost €6 million to develop 200 outdoor adventure projects across Rural Ireland. The investment, under the Outdoor Recreation Infrastructure Scheme (ORIS), will be key to enhancing our outdoor amenities such as our walkways, cycleways, rivers, lakes and beaches. It will also
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€7.5m of Projects in Roscommon Opened As Part of Our Rural Future

By Ryan Harmon
Minister for Rural and Community Development, Heather Humphreys TD, has officially opened a wide range of projects across County Roscommon which have received funding of €7.5 million from her Department as part of Our Rural Future. All of the projects opened as part of the Minister’s visit received investment under the Government’s ambitious rural development […]
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Aging Well at the Cliffs of Moher

By Ryan Harmon
The Cliffs of Moher Experience announced it has partnered with J.J. Corry Irish Whiskey to create a new series of Irish whiskeys finished in sherry casks in the iconic O’Brien’s Tower. Clare-based J.J. Corry has selected single malt, pot still and single grain whiskeys from around the island of Ireland to mature within the tower, […]
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President Higgins Opens Beyond the Trees Avondale

By Ryan Harmon
President Michael D. Higgins performed the official opening of ‘Beyond the Trees Avondale’, a spectacular new visitor experience developed in partnership between Coillte, Fáilte Ireland and EAK Ireland in Avondale Forest Park in Co. Wicklow, combining a stunning 700 metre Treetop Walk with a 12 storey high Viewing Tower. Visitors to Beyond the Trees Avondale will […]