Niall Gibbons

Ireland Scoops "Best Potential Destination" Award In China

Ireland has been named “best potential destination” for 2014 at an awards ceremony in China organised by Ctrip, China’s largest online tr...

New Shannon Routes Focus Tourism Ireland's Limerick Efforts

The office of Limerick City of Culture, was the venue for the February board meeting of Tourism Ireland last week, where the Wild Atlantic Way, Limerick Ci...

Irish Tourism Industry Takes In €3.64 Billion In 2013

Tourism Ireland today reflected on highlights of its promotional activity around the world this year. 2013 was a strong year for overseas tourism, with eig...

Ireland Voted Best Tourism Destination

Ireland has been voted "best tourism destination" by Global Traveler magazine for a second year running. Over 22,000 readers took part in the mag...

Ireland Set To Impress At This Years WTM

Minister for Tourism and Sport Michael Ring accompanied Tourism Ireland and 70 tourism enterprises from all around Ireland at World Travel Market (WTM) in...

Tour Operators See Potential In €74bn Chinese Market

The Irish tourism industry is well-placed to capitalise on €74 billion spent by 83 million Chinese tourists last year. As part of a drive to attract g...

New Ryanair Routes To Shannon Will Boost French And German Tourist Numbers

Tourism Ireland has warmly welcomed the recent announcement by Ryanair of eight new flights to Shannon Airport from April 2014, which will include year-rou...

CSO Figures Show Tourism Is Up 8% in H1

The Central Statistics Office revealed that there is a rise in overseas tourism. The latest figures show that there has been earnings of over 8% in the tou...