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Tourism

Yesterday
3rd July 2025
brexit summer
For the craic: I taunted those poor, sunburned British tourists with my Irish passport
Peter Flanagan
19 hrs ago
15.8k
50
This week
29th June 2025 - 4th July 2025
economic driver
Golf tourists a major boost to Ireland's economy - spending three times more than the average
30 Jun
8.2k
25
Last week
22nd June 2025 - 28th June 2025
hotel tax
No timeline for 'tourism tax' but Taoiseach says it could help fund Dublin city revamp
24 Jun
6.2k
59
Last month
June 2025
airbnb
Court upholds Spanish government's order to block nearly 66,000 Airbnb listings
20 Jun
23.9k
40
curiousity killed the cat
A mummified cat and other curiosities: Take a peek inside Dublin's newest museum
Dubliner Paul Mangan has been collecting ‘weird stuff’ all his life. Now he’s put his collection on display for the public.
14 Jun
13.8k
This year
2025
Tourism figures
Business as usual: Hoteliers chief confident despite further drop in tourism figures
29 May
9.5k
37
Tourism
Planning permission refused for three separate hotels in Dublin City
22 May
25.7k
Housing Crisis
'Highly coincidental' Airbnb launched €100k in rural Ireland grants two weeks after clampdown, says TD
Airbnb’s new grants range from €1,000 to €10,000 and are available to local organisations and community groups.
Two weeks after government announced it is moving to ban planning permissions for short-term lets in towns of more than 10,000 people, Airbnb launched its 'Rural Tourism Fund'
Christina Finn
Updated 18 May
43.3k
73
The Morning Lead
Tourism chief says Ireland should not rely on US tourists too much amid turmoil
“We are nervous enough about the summer ahead because if the stock market falls, it will impact on Americans coming here.”
Eoghan Dalton
18 Apr
26.8k
67
Housing
Regulations will ban short-term let planning permissions in towns with populations over 10,000
8 Apr
13.4k
28
The Daily Poll
Will you take a holiday in Ireland this year?
2 Apr
25.0k
95
Tourism
Tourism industry doesn't believe the drop in tourists has been that bad (but CSO says it has)
2 Apr
30.8k
92
no filter
Overseas tourists are choosing to visit because 'Ireland is Instagrammable', says new survey
7 Mar
17.9k
29
short-term letting
The government's long promised Airbnb clamp-down may not happen until summer 2026
5 Mar
15.5k
41
Last year
2024
not so great
Tourism Ireland plan delayed because David Trimble objected to Britain being called 'overseas'
29 Dec 2024
15.5k
24
Overtourism
Anti-tourism protests are escalating at Irish holiday hotspots in Spain - here's why
27 Oct 2024
51.8k
85
failte ireland voices
Louise Bruton: Beyond the Trees gave me access to nature that I don't normally get
Louise Bruton
Updated 17 Oct 2024
8.5k
not the full irish
Hotel breakfast standards slipping due to 'counter-productive' cut-backs, Georgina Campbell warns
15 Oct 2024
20.4k
69
sponsored
Opinion: Embracing inclusion in the tourism sector will improve the visitor experience
Paul Kelly
25 Sep 2024
8.7k
The Daily Poll
Poll: Should Dublin have a hotel tax for tourists?
28 Aug 2024
25.5k
80
hospitality crisis
Andrea Horan: If Dublin loses more businesses, it will become a soulless, faded dream
Andrea Horan
Updated 23 Aug 2024
32.5k
117
North Korea
North Korea to open its borders for tourism for the first time in nearly five years
15 Aug 2024
25.5k
120
cold water
Cutting VAT on hospitality 'unjustified' and too expensive, says Department of Finance
24 Jul 2024
8.7k
31
Tourism
Hoteliers hit back at proposal to introduce hotel tax in Dublin
30 Jun 2024
22.6k
rural ireland
New laws cracking down on short-term lets pose threat to rural tourism, govt warned
12 Jun 2024
16.2k
27
look again
Summer plans? Read this before you go exploring in Ireland
12 May 2024
27.9k
47
Tourism
Wild Atlantic Way worth €3 billion per year to the Irish economy, Fáilte Ireland says
11 Apr 2024
7.9k
19
rural ireland
The Irish hotel: From the foundation of the GAA to a battleground in Ireland's refugee crisis
20 Jan 2024
17.3k
All time
The Daily Poll
Poll: Have you planned any trips abroad for 2024?
28 Dec 2023
24.9k
54
Tourism
Guinness Storehouse voted world’s leading tourist attraction
2 Dec 2023
30.6k
114
good news
Lonely Planet names Donegal fourth-best region in the world to visit next year
25 Oct 2023
28.2k
59
Musical statue
Phil Lynott statue needs repairs after being damaged by fans' plectrum tributes
3 Oct 2023
29.2k
27
you shall not pass
Students block access to Book of Kells in protest against Trinity College rent hike
13 Sep 2023
20.0k
59
Venice
Day-trippers to Venice to be charged €5 for visiting on busy weekends
5 Sep 2023
12.3k
14
Es-Cork-Go
Tourism Ireland announce Ronan O'Gara as the face of Cork in France
9 Aug 2023
18.5k
33
summer in uk
Peter Flanagan is on holidays: 'Put Tramore and Stoneybatter in a blender and you get Margate'
Peter Flanagan
24 Jun 2023
19.6k
10
Housing Crisis
Galway council to write to advertising watchdog over Airbnb posts in rent pressure zone
5 Jun 2023
18.5k
18
airbnb
Plan to bring 12,000 short-term lets back into rental market delayed by EU Commission decision
23 Mar 2023
16.2k
25
Brexit
Varadkar concerned new UK visa waiver scheme will deter tourists from visiting NI
21 Mar 2023
19.4k
12
Culture
Catherine Martin to meet with Sony and Disney studios during LA trade mission to Oscars
8 Mar 2023
7.6k
10
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