Spending on promoting Achill needs to be matched by investment in protecting it
Sustainable tourism depends on safeguarding the very landscapes that attract people to the island
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Invisible greenways with no signposts
Connecting these world-class routes to the city shouldn’t require a map and a stroke of luck
The musician who is refusing to let a landmark derelict building ‘die’ on Inis Meáin
Award-winning harper Úna Ní Fhlannagáin did not know she would buy an abandoned hotel when she moved to the island in 2020
Fáilte Ireland spending €10m to boost number taking short domestic breaks
Tourism authority invests in new marketing campaign after domestic tourism flatlines in 2025
Camping in Ireland: Holiday for less than €500 a week for a family of four
With prices starting as low as €15 a night, the camping and caravanning sector is enjoying a long, hot summer
Looking for a last-minute staycation? With some homes charging €4,000 a week, don’t expect a bargain
‘Holiday in Ireland’ searches are up but August shows limited availability and some eye-watering prices
Traitors Ireland refused permission to film new series at ‘archaeologically sensitive’ sites in Meath
‘Misrepresenting the monument for entertainment risks undermining our educational remit’, says OPW
‘Screamers’ house, former home to controversial cult, for sale in Co Donegal
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Ireland’s new short-term let rules: how likely are they to work?
Observers say enforcement is required to make new rules work and more homes available to long-term renters
Ireland to introduce some of Europe’s ‘strictest’ rules on short-term lets, says Minister
Register for Airbnb-style lets being created with view to force homes out of holiday market and in to private rental sector
Graduate to professional: 10 organisations offering paid programmes in Ireland
EY, Boston Scientific and Irish Distillers are among businesses and agencies offering paid graduate programmes
Local authorities must take centre stage in fight against rising toll of road deaths
We have designed roads to suit cars and trucks to the point where it is not safe to walk or cycle
Planned short-term letting register delayed by six months
Plans have been the subject of much internal Government debate
I have some ideas to improve Ireland’s food scene and I’m not just a newly arrived know-it-all
My time as food editor of the Los Angeles Times showed me how positive change can take decades of effort
As Ukrainians prepare to exit Irish hotels, what will become of them and the rooms they leave behind?
One Killarney hotelier has mixed feelings about ceasing to host Ukrainians as housing for up to 16,000 war refugees is to end
Government plans to introduce register of short-term lets facing delay
Legislation underpinning reforms, aimed at bringing more Airbnb style properties back to long-term market, still being drafted
Fáilte Ireland spends €900,000 in two years on promotional photoshoots
Tourism promotion agency says material is held in publicly accessible library to support the promotion of Ireland
Irish tourism’s ‘annus horribilis’?
Logic behind costly hospitality sector Vat cut gets fuzzier and fuzzier
Hotel room rates rise 3% in 2025 despite fall in overseas and domestic visitors
Fáilte Ireland report indicates tourism sector grew last year despite challenges
Could a €5 tourist tax help solve Dublin’s problems? Conor Pope vs Eoghan O’Mara Walsh
Surveys have suggested that close to two thirds of Dubliners think a tourist tax is a good idea. The hospitality sector is not convinced
Does Dublin need a €5 tourist tax?
In the News podcast: A ‘bed tax’ is the norm in most tourist hotspots
From a Leitrim pub to a Connemara caramel square: Ireland’s favourite food destinations, as chosen by readers
We asked you to tell us about your favourite foodie experiences around the country and you did not disappoint
High building costs and planning delays a ‘serious threat’ to tourism
‘Significant hurdles that make it difficult’ to deliver new beds.
Could Simon Harris’s savings scheme for the ‘middle classes’ prove to be a sound investment?
Inside Business podcast with Ciarán Hancock
Vast majority of bookings for short-term lets in Ireland are entire homes
Critics of short-term letting argue it takes properties off the market that could be sold for housing or rented out
Limiting short-term tourism lets won’t increase housing supply but will damage rural economies
While Airbnb-style apartments in urban areas should be restricted, regional Ireland, where tourism is the biggest employer, should be left alone
Unclear how many short-term lets could be returned to residential use under crackdown
Department of Housing says ‘significant number’ of properties will be brought into long-term market
U-turn on regulating short-term lets: striking a balance or a sop to Michael Healy-Rae?
With two rental properties and 300 Airbnbs, Killarney is a battleground for housing need versus tourism
Short-term letting owners without planning permission may be given more time to comply
New rules agreed by Cabinet will mean effective ban on such lets in areas with population of more than 20,000
‘Celebrating our roots and growing together’: Dublin’s St Patrick’s festivities announced
Four days of ‘carnival’ promised with centrepiece parade of 12 large floats as well as marching bands
Has the St Brigid’s Day bank holiday helped tourism?
Boosting the tourism sector during a traditionally quiet time was one of the key arguments for honouring the 5th century nun
Fáilte Ireland spent €60,000 on alcohol for visitors at two tourism marketing events
Meitheal trade fair in Killarney cost €644,400 last year, including nearly €200,000 on food
Lacklustre response to Michelin awards coming to Dublin reflects wider State indifference to restaurant sector
Lack of joined-up agency thinking in relation to Michelin is symptomatic of wider State indifference to restaurant sector
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