Star Wars

Tourism Ireland Launches Marketing Plans For 2017

Tourism Ireland has launched its marketing plans for 2017 at an event in New York, attended by leading tour operators, travel agents and journalists f...

Fáilte Ireland Capitalising On Skellig's Popularity With New Tourism Plan

Fáilte Ireland is capitalising on Skellig's appearance in Star Wars: The Force Awakens and Skellig Ring being named one of the top 10 regions i...

Donegal Aims To Become One Of World's Top Tourist Destinations

After gaining global exposure with filming of the next Star Wars film at Malin Head, as well as featuring in National Geographic Travel's 'Cool List' for 2...

Tourism Ireland Reports Best Year Ever For Overseas Tourism

This year has officially been the best year ever for overseas tourism to Ireland, with 10.5 million visitors contributing more than €5.4 billion...

Tourism Ireland Says Ireland 18% More Expensive For UK Tourists Due to Brexit

Ireland has now become 18 per cent more expensive for British tourists since the Brexit referendum, according to Tourism Ireland. Some 70 tourism b...

Skellig Ring Named One Of The World's Top Destinations For 2017

Lonely Planet has released its Best in Travel 2017 guide, naming Kerry's Skellig Ring as one of the top 10 regions in the world to visit next year. Desc...

Ireland's Tourism Industry On Track For Record Breaking Year

Figures released by the Central Statistics Office show that Ireland's tourism industry has had a strong performance for the first half of 2016 with a...

Skellig Michael Reopens, Star Wars Filming In Donegal And Cork

The Office of Public Works (OPW) has confirmed that Skellig Michael will reopened to visitors on Sunday (15 May) after undergoing work to fix the dama...