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Excise Duty Makes Sparking Wines Prohibitive, Says Wine Importer

The excise duty makes the cost of very good, but relatively inexpensive sparkling wines, prohibitive in Ireland, Neal Cassidy, managing director of Cassidy...

McDonald's To Scale Back Irish Head Office Operations

It's being reported that Fast food chain McDonald's is set to scale back its head office operations in Ireland in favour of managing business in the Republ...

Subway To Open 51 New Outlets in Ireland & NI

Subway has announced plans to increase the number of its restaurants in Ireland and Northern Ireland to 321 by 2020, creating around over 400 new jobs. Th...

Ireland Scoops Multiple Nominations In 2017 World Travel Awards

Several of Ireland's most renowned cities, sights and venues are in the running to take home trophies at this year's World Travel Awards....

PREM Group Hires New Marketing Boss

Joanna Doyle has been appointed Group Sales and Marketing Manager, UK & Ireland, at PREM Group, the Dublin-based international hotel and hospitalit...

Jurys Inn Celebrates Record Five Million Guests In 2016

Across the 12 months of 2016, Jurys Inn experienced a 13.6 per cent (year-on-year) rise in international visitors, with September being the strongest month...

Star Wars 'Fantastic Coup' For Irish Tourism' As Films Generate Over €4m For Local Economy

The filming of two Star Wars films in Ireland has resulted in over €4 million being generated for the local economy, with Tourism Ireland saying it &q...

'Imperative' To Offer Alternative Experiences To Skellig Michael, Says Failte Ireland

Businesses in Skellig are looking to develop and improve the tourism offering on Skellig Coast, with Failte Ireland commenting that "it is imperative...