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Donegal deal for €139
Check out this May deal from Aer Arran: €139 per person sharing buys you a two-night stay in Donegal, including return flights and two nights bed and breakfast in a choice of hotels with car hire thrown in. Book by May 15th and an extra meal is thrown in. The offer excludes bank holidays. See real-ireland.com or tel 074-9548284.
Free Wi-Fi on coach service
Bus Éireann customers using its direct X33 Dublin-Derry route can now avail of free Wi-Fi after the company continued its roll-out of Wi-Fi on its intercity services.
The X33 Derry service operates twice a day in each direction. It is a direct service only stopping at Dublin (Busáras), Dublin Airport and Derry. It is the latest in a series of direct services introduced by Bus Éireann on routes such as Dublin-Galway and Galway-Limerick, which has reduced journey times.
Westport competition
Congratulations to Nigel Fennell of Carlow who has won a family holiday in Westport in Co Mayo courtesy of Fáilte Ireland. Go had over 700 entries to the competition. The prize includes seven nights B&B in the Hotel Westport.
300,000
The number of visitors who last year flocked to Miharu in Japan to see its thousand year-old cherry tree in blossom. This year the town expects visitor numbers to be down 80 per cent.