General Industry

Club Travel Sales Drop Amid Online Pressure

Club Travel, one of the largest travel agents in Ireland, saw its sales for the 12 months to the end of October fall by €6 million to €80 million...

Aggressive Begging Often Leaves Tourists Feeling Unsafe

The Restaurants Association of Ireland (RAI) has said that urgent action is needed to address the escalating crisis of aggressive and often organised beggi...

Dublin-London Second Busiest Air Route in the World

The International Air Transport Association statistics for 2013 show that the Dublin-London air route is the second busiest in the world. The IATA rev...

China Sovereign Fund CIC In Talks To Buy Avolon

China Investment Corp (CIC), the $653 billion sovereign wealth fund, is in talks with the Ireland-based aircraft leasing company Avolon regarding a possibl...

Bram Stoker Festival 2014 Launched

This October Dublin City will ‘go gothic’ for the third annual Bram Stoker Festival, running Friday 24 through to Monday 27 October 2014....

Free Travel from 11-24 August for those with Child Leap Cards

The National Transport Authority has announced free travel from today, 11 August to 24 August inclusive, for all Child Leap Card holders aged between the a...

Dublin Port Plans Expansion

Dublin Port Company is planning an expansion to allow for greater cruise ship capacity. The company has announced that it is seeking a partner to deve...

Mid-year Review of Overseas Tourism 2014

At a briefing today, Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport, Paschal Donohoe, joined Tourism Ireland CEO, Niall Gibbons, for a review of the CSO tourism...