Kim Kardashian and Kanye West have, it seems, given the Irish tourist trade a boost.

A new survey by Fáilte Ireland has found that nearly a fifth of tourists coming to Ireland still think it is a rip off, with 17% saying it is poor value for money.

Fáilte Ireland has said The Gathering tourism initiative is already delivering benefits to the Irish economy.

Forget the financial figures, political press releases and missing minister. The reality of the latest HSE cutbacks scandal can be explained in far easier terms.

PLANS are being drawn up for an “end-of-the-world” drive along our Atlantic coastline to rival the most scenic road trips around the globe.

Plans are being drawn up for an “end-of-the-world” drive along Ireland’s Atlantic coastline to rival the most scenic road trips around the globe.

IRELAND’S reputation as a rip-off destination has been reinforced after it was revealed that food, drink, hotel and restaurant prices are among the EU’s highest.

THE queen has taken no offence at being inadvertently demoted in radio ads flagging her official visit to Ireland, Buckingham Palace has said.

BUSINESS and tourism leaders in Waterford are furious with the country’s tourist agencies after the city was omitted from a map on the Meet in Ireland website.

GOLF in Ireland received a welcome boost last night with the news that the Irish Open remains on the 2011 European Tour schedule.

BRITISH Prime Minister David Cameron’s proposal to move British clocks forward by an hour all year round and thus match up with the near continent have been given short shrift by the Irish Government and experts.

I REFER to the article entitled ‘Mentally ill inmates leaving hospital drugged up to gills’ (Irish Examiner, September 11).