Tourism

Travel agents from Hong Kong visit Strokestown Park House on fact finding mission

Travel agents from Hong Kong visit Strokestown Park House on fact finding mission

News

Picture Credit: Tourism Ireland For the first time ever, a group of travel agents from Hong Kong is visiting Ireland this week. They are here as guests of Tourism Ireland and Fáilte Ireland – visiting Strokestown Park House and the West of Ireland and experiencing at first-hand what we have to offer Chinese holidaymakers. Travel […]

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Roscommon tourism set for boost following visit of German and Austrian travel writers

Roscommon tourism set for boost following visit of German and Austrian travel writers

Kiltoom Curraghboy Cam, Local News, News, Tarmonbarry Scramogue

Picture Credit: Tourism Ireland Six leading travel writers from Germany and Austria have been visiting Roscommon and Ireland this week, cruising on the River Shannon as guests of Tourism Ireland, Fáilte Ireland and German cruising tour operator, Le Boat. Representing a range of print and online publications, with a combined audience of about 1.7 million

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Historic Rathcroghan site on verge of UNESCO world fame

Historic Rathcroghan site on verge of UNESCO world fame

Local News, News, Tulsk Castleplunkett Kilmurray

Picture Credit: Rathcroghan.ie The ancient Royal site at Rathcroghan is on course to becoming a major international attraction with renewed plans to add it to the UNESCO World Heritage List. By Kevin Jenkinson The old capital of Connacht, where kings and queens were inaugurated, was one of six ancient royal sites represented at a meeting

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Roscommon tourism to benefit from REDZ funding at Ireland West Airport

Roscommon tourism to benefit from REDZ funding at Ireland West Airport

Business

Ireland West Airport, Knock, has been allocated €400,000 under the REDZ (Rural Economic Development Zone) Scheme, which will help tourism in the surrounding counties. This funding is for the development of a State of the Art Visitor Discovery Centre to be located within the Ireland West Airport Terminal Building and new regional branding points within

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Minister Denis Naughten welcomes funding for “Ireland’s Camino”

Minister Denis Naughten welcomes funding for “Ireland’s Camino”

Current Affairs, News

Local Minister Denis Naughten has welcomed the allocation of funding to improve a network of marked walks through Roscommon and Galway. Minister Michael Ring has allocated over €750,000 to enhance aspects of the Beara Breifne Way walking/cycle route from County Cork to Cavan, via Roscommon and East Galway, that “has the potential to become Ireland’s

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Almost €200,000 awarded to two Roscommon projects

Almost €200,000 awarded to two Roscommon projects

Current Affairs, Roscommon News Headlines

Almost €200,000 has been awarded to two Roscommon Recreation projects as part of a €4.455 million fund for rural recreation projects as part of the Government’s programme to support rural development. The announcement was made earlier today by the Minister of State for Regional Economic Development Michael Ring TD. Minister Ring said “I am delighted

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Roscommon toursim set for a boost thanks to Ireland West Airport campaign

Roscommon toursim set for a boost thanks to Ireland West Airport campaign

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Tourism Ireland has teamed up with Flybe and Ireland West Airport Knock, to promote flights to Knock from Manchester, Birmingham and Edinburgh and grow tourist numbers to Roscommon and the West of Ireland this autumn. The joint campaign will run in Britain during August and September. Working closely with airlines and airports to build demand

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French classic car enthusiasts say ‘Oui!’ to Roscommon

French classic car enthusiasts say ‘Oui!’ to Roscommon

Arigna Ballyfarnan Keadue, Local News, News

A group of classic car enthusiasts from France has been enjoying a week-long touring holiday around Ireland and recently visited County Roscommon. Picture Credit: Tourism Ireland They’ve been travelling from east to west and back again, incorporating some of our tourism ‘hotspots’. Supported by Tourism Ireland and Irish Ferries, the annual ‘Celtic Classic Rally 2016’

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