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Conference hears how using the heritage resources of a town can help it recover from the recession.
“Our drive for uncluttered, zero maintenance buildings is creating sterile, uninteresting towns which are unattractive not only tourists, but for high end multinationals seeking a suitable base for the highly skilled mobile professionals they employ”, according to Liam Mannix, Heritage Council’s Irish Walled Towns Network. [Read more…]
Flight Training
Aspiring pilots to attend exhibition six decades after first commercial jet flight.
Sixty years after the first jet airliner carried fare paying passengers, The Professional Flight Training Exhibition, taking place in Dublin in early March, expects to welcome many young hopefuls looking to pursue a career as a professional pilot. This exciting one day career exhibition on how to become an airline pilot will take place on Saturday March 3rd at the Convention Centre Dublin. [Read more…]
Hoare Abbey
Ireland’s built heritage supports over 30,000 jobs and contributes in excess of €1 billion to the economy, according to research launched by the Heritage Council. The research which examines the economic and employment contribution Ireland’s heritage sector is making to the Irish economy was commissioned by the Heritage Council and launched today at a Heritage Innovation Conference in Dublin. [Read more…]
In one of her last official engagements, President Mary McAleese opened the wonderful new Gorilla Rainforest, proudly sponsored by Freddy Fyffes, during a ceremony in Dublin Zoo. In a double celebration, Dublin Zoo also announced the birth of another healthy baby gorilla born to first-time mum, Mayani, on Friday 16th September. The baby arrived just […]
Opening of the Gorilla Rainforest at Dublin Zoo is a post from: Ireland Travel
After a two year wait the Fermanagh Seaplane Festival returns to a new location on the shores of upper Lough Erne. One of the most unique festivals in Europe it promises to be even bigger and better than the last festival in 2009. Supported by the Northern Ireland Tourist Board, Waterways Ireland and Media Sponsor […]
Fermanagh Seaplane Festival Returns is a post from: Ireland Travel
After Barack Obama put it on the map by downing a gulp of Guinness, residents of the US president’s tiny ancestral home of Moneygall have spent the past week greeting busloads of tourists. “It’s still all happening. We’re still buzzing,” said Moneygall resident Marian Healy, whose son Henry welcomed his distant cousin Barack to the […]
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