Last year saw further improvements in the quality of Irish bathing water compared with 2020.

The Irish Hotels Federation, and others, want the Government to further extend the 9% Vat rate in order to maintain international competitiveness with other European destinations.

The proposed change had been objected to by Xiu Lan Hotels, the hotel group which runs the Fota Island Resort

Two of Youghal's three hotels have been converted to care centres for those fleeing war in Ukraine. Now local hospitality owners wonder where this summer's tourists will reside?

While people may be impatient to see the popular walkway reopened, "it is better to wait so that it is done properly", said a local councillor

This weekend has a real summer party atmosphere for the first time since the onset of the pandemic.

Ed Sheeran plays in Páirc Uí Chaoimh on Friday night, while Munster face Cardiff at Musgrave Park in the United Rugby Championship, and Cork City play Longford Town at nearby Turners Cross.

Fáilte Ireland CEO Paul Kelly had told an Oireachtas committee this month: "If potential visitors cannot get a bed, they will not come."

Councillors have criticised the decision by the island’s management company to curtail access to the historic tourist attraction "after hours". 

Irish tourism is resilient but it will be tested every which way this year and that it is still standing is remarkable in many ways

2,000 passengers brought a buzz back to the harbour town that had been missing during the pandemic as the vital tourist trade was curtailed

The news this week of a new, more sophisticated, ferry service between Rosslare and Bilbao in Spain is to be welcomed on several fronts.

Thirty acres of gardens at Annes Grove House near Castletownroche are to open to the public

Of 1,000 businesses surveyed in 2021, 30% said they face closure if recruitment challenges are not resolved.

One of Limerick’s most popular tourist attractions has changed ownership, as Limerick City and County Council take the reigns at King John's Castle.

Dursey Islanders have been assured that they will be able to avail of a ferry service, but they hope the delay in setting it up won't be too long

Europe’s biggest discount airline expects to return to profitability and reach a goal of carrying 165m passengers in the 12 months from April 1

Irish Hotels Federation said while it was optimistic for the future, the pace of recovery in the sector was 'disappointingly slow'

The Port of Cork Company hopes to welcome around 90 cruise ships scheduled between April and November

'You try to put a smile on somebody’s face, and it’s taken advantage of by heartless thieves,' says Francis Nesbitt after pygmy goat kid triplets appear to have been stolen

St Patrick's Day ought to have signalled a return to normality — but war, inflation, and labour shortages mean that the tourism sector cannot absorb the planned Vat hike

This year's enhanced event returns to competition on August 12-14, after suffering from bad weather in 2019 and then two years of suspension due to Covid-19.

John Brennan said that although the hotel was only open for five months in 2021, revenues were only a little behind 2019's

Chief financial officer says here are still bumpy waters ahead for the hospitality industry

New measures include better toilet facilities, landscaping, improved lighting and the creation of a new viewing area on the harbour's edge

The travel booking giant's chief executive, Peter Kern, also said: “And yes, prices will be high."

Cork County Council confirm that the famous cable care service will be paused from April for essential repairs.

The protracted 10-year battle to obtain planning permission for the South Kerry Greenway has served to illustrate how permissive access to privately-owned land has huge benefits for rural communities, writes John G O’Dwyer

Councillors will also express their dissatisfaction to An Bord Pleanála about planning permission for seven wind turbines in Gougane Barra

The group has agreed to buy the four-star Killashee Hotel from Tetrarch Capital

“Pre-pandemic, one in 10 jobs were in the tourism and hospitality sector in Cork,” the head of Visit Cork, Seamus Heaney, said.

Royal Caribbean, Carnival, and Norwegian had rushed to debt markets in the first year of the pandemic

The way has been paved for the construction of the South Kerry Greenway following the Supreme Court's refusal to allow leave for two appeals. The go-ahead comes a decade after the project was first mooted.

Also, 183 enforcement warning letters were sent to Airbnb operators in Killarney to free up accommodation

The current turnaround times for straightforward adult online renewals are 10 working days, and 15 working days for complex or child online renewals

“That 60th birthday party that was put on hold, or the 30th wedding anniversary, they’re the events that are going to happen now."

Calls to overhaul the parking situation, among other facilities, at the popular Cork seaside beach. 

Recent data revealed that bookings for intra-European travel over the Easter break have increased by over 250% on last year

We're off on the ferry to France and Spain this summer — and will come home with a boot full of wine, olive oil, chorizo, morcilla and peppers

A surge in electric car sales may require major changes in how tourists travel across the country, according to the Irish tourism industry.

"The first I heard of the beach was in Bangkok, on the Ko Sanh Road" — thousands of visitors to Maya Bay saw the beach closed for more than three years

The Midlands is falling between two stools, Dublin and the Wild Atlantic Way. A feasibility study should examine the merits of a “Shannon Trail” that follows the meandering course of our greatest river, writes John G O'Dwyer

Strategy to increase visitor numbers through better signage and linking amenities 

Tourism numbers to the island soared after it was used as a filming location for recent Star Wars films, while wild weather has also continued to damage the structure