The St Stephen's Green attraction will officially open to the public again on Thursday

Sustainability is key to Neil and Katy Lucey, who run Cork’s Gougane Barra Hotel. KATE RYAN finds out about the measures they are taking to the local economy, all while protecting the area.

An evaluation of the stadium’s economic impact carried out by EY shows that €39.9 million would be spent as a result of the 2030 T20 World Cup Cricket tournament.

This continues a downward trend which has been ongoing since September of 2024.

The Clifden Station House hotel was the location of the Golfgate controversy in August 2020 during the early stages of the pandemic

Travel from some countries — including Ireland, Norway and — fell by more than 20 per cent, an FT analysis of ITA data showed.

Fingal County Council has written to local authorities as part of a push for legislation to allow councils to introduce the charge.

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12.7 per cent of overseas visitors came from the United States, with 6.4 per cent coming from Spain and Portugal.

As Midleton continues to recover from its devastating flood, CHRIS DUNNE talks to the owners of two new foodie enterprises there - Cush and Bó

Police would also fine holidaymakers caught weeing where they shouldn’t up to the same amount.

There are hopes that Cork could become World Gastronomic Capital in 2030, and efforts are underway to drive sustainable tourism here, writes KATE RYAN. 

enger traffic is also forecast to be 10% higher than it was for the same bank holiday weekend of 2024.

In the final part of our series highlighting destinations you can reach from Cork, JOHN DOLAN and KELLY O'BRIEN look at two cities in Poland - Gdansk and Poznan - plus Salzburg in Austria, and the sunny resort of Faro in Portugal

Trevor Laffan visited Bali as part of his sojourn to Australia and was struck by the friendliness of the people there. 

In part five of our series, Cork Airport Getaways, KELLY O’BRIEN assesses three European cities accessible from Leeside that are ideal for a short break or a longer stay - Amsterdam, Brussels, and Munich

In a new series, CORK AIRPORT GETAWAYS, we run through the 27 destinations which you can fly to from Cork in January, to help you choose your weekend break or holiday. Today, KELLY O’BRIEN assesses the four options in the Canary Islands

Continuing our getaways series, we look at the 27 destinations you can fly to from Cork Airport. Today, in part two, KELLY O’BRIEN looks at the five destinations on the Spanish mainland that are just a few hours from Leeside

Tom Connolly has been running a sauna in west Kerry since March 2024.

The Tully Mill wheel, which had been derelict for many years, has now been fully restored at the Florence Court estate in Co Fermanagh.

Visitors from key markets are becoming 'more value conscious'

The warning follows a case of a 21-year-old woman who suffered a rare splenic fungal abscess after undergoing gastric sleeve surgery in Turkey.

The most frequent reason for travelling to Ireland was for holiday or leisure, with 44.2 per cent of tourists coming for that reason.

Representatives from hotels and guesthouses across Cork called on all political parties and candidates this week to commit to policy measures aimed at staving off the commercial crisis facing the wider tourism and hospitality industry

Tourism chiefs told MLAs that any transatlantic flight from NI had to be commercially viable.

Having vowed to use Cork Airport more often after a positive experience this year, JOHN DOLAN writes that the announcement of a new destination from the airport for summer 2025 has certainly piqued the interest. 

National tourism development authority Fáilte Ireland has launched a five-year plan which it said will help drive and sustain tourism in Cork

In Tenerife, protestors will start marching at midday on Sunday with placards and banners from a shopping centre in Playa de las Americas in the south of the island.

The Villa Vie Odyssey had to carry out unexpected repair works in May.

New s show that the post tax profits of €402,513 in the 12 months to the end of October last follow post tax profits of €161,848 in 2022.

In 2022, a report by Fáilte Ireland suggested that up to 1,313 properties offering short term breaks in Cork could be converted to long term letting.

Countries involved in over-tourism protests should be careful what they wish for, so says Trevor Laffan

The annual figure for 2023 represents a 12-month increase of over 920,000 additional guest nights for tourist accommodation providers in the Republic.

Tripadvisor recognised Mount Congreve Gardens and Waterford Treasures in the Travellers’ Choice Awards for 2024

The airline said its engagement with the industrial dispute body was an ‘important step’ in the row over pilots’ pay.

The largest contingent of visitors from overseas came from Britain

The former RTÉ Midlands Correspondent, Ciaran Mullooly, said their solutions are "lazy" and completely disregard the tourism sector

The all-island report found that the number of trips from the Republic to Northern Ireland has ‘increased dramatically’ over the past decade

“The measures will have a minimal impact for many hotels that are struggling with unprecedented cost increases."

International tourists occupied the majority of bedspaces in guesthouses, B&Bs and hostels last year

Tourism NI welcomed the figures relating to numbers of overnight visitors from the Republic as ‘unprecedented’.

Stormont Economy Minister Conor Murphy also mooted linking up the Hidden Heartlands in the Republic with Co Fermanagh.

The list was put together by Solitaired.com, by analysing almost 67 million Google reviews of more than 3,000 attractions worldwide.

The 2,600km route has contributed to the creation of an additional 35,000 jobs, according to Fáilte Ireland.

Research carried out by Fáilte Ireland found that 20 per cent agreed that tourists put too much pressure on their county, while 71 per cent said they had experienced some negative impacts from tourism activity in the area where they live.

It is estimated that the owners of bars, restaurants and visitor attractions could see their labour costs increase by over 10 per cent this year as a result of the changes and by 31 per cent annually in the longer term.

The town, famously known as the final port of call for the ill-fated ship, will welcome the public to in honouring the memory of those who lost their lives when the Titanic sank on its maiden voyage to New York in 1912.

Owners in parts of Gran Canaria have been receiving fines of over €2,000 for refusing to rent their properties out to holidaymakers