Person: Eoghan O'Mara Walsh

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<p>Research from Deloitte Ireland shows a 142% increase in hospitality closures in the first quarter of the year alone compared to last year.</p>

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Eoghan O'Mara Walsh: Hospitality Vat reduction may alleviate some labour cost pressures

With a mixed demand picture and significant cost pressures the immediate outlook for Irish tourism is challenged

<p>"We must maximise the under-utilisation of Cork and Shannon airports," writes Mr O'Mara Walsh. Picture: Larry Cummins</p>

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Eoghan O'Mara Walsh: A national policy on tourism is overdue

<p>'The majority of the 40,600 businesses within tourism and hospitality are still reeling from the Government’s decision to hike the Vat rate last month.' File picture: Kieran Clancy</p>

economy

Eoghan O'Mara Walsh: Tourism sector is left underwhelmed by Budget 2024

economy

Eoghan O'Mara Walsh: Consumers will pay the price if Vat increases

economy

Why Ireland's tourism recovery is nowhere near secured

economy

O'Mara Walsh: Covid cost Irish tourism staggering €13bn; Vat rate must be kept in budget

Covid cost to the Irish tourism sector priced at €13.4bn

Government must now bet big on tourism in Budget 2022, say sector leaders in wake of shutdown that cost 100,000 jobs

Mon, 06 Sep, 2021

Tourism chief says Stay-and-Spend scheme has fallen 'flat on its face'

Call for Government to replace complex tax rebate scheme, which had 'miniscule uptake' due to Covid restrictions, with more straightforward 'voucher per household' system

Wed, 27 Jan, 2021

Eoghan O’Mara Walsh: Travel chaos highlights the failure of a proper testing regime

Tourism is Ireland's largest industry and it is still reeling

Wed, 23 Dec, 2020

Tourism chiefs: 'Too many mixed messages' around Ireland's safety as a travel destination

Government must 'change the narrative' and promote Ireland as open and welcoming to in-bound travel, says Irish Tourism Industry Confederation

Tue, 01 Dec, 2020

'July is too quick': Michael O'Leary's Covid-19 restart plan draws mixed reception

Michael O’Leary’s initiative to get Ryanair’s airborne again from July by using Covid-19 screening at airports and mandatory air masks for passengers and cabin crew have had a mixed reception - with trade unions broadly in favour and the tourism industry expressing more scepticism.

Tue, 12 May, 2020

International tourist numbers could fall by 80%, data shows

International tourist numbers could fall by as much as 80%, according to the United Nations.

Thu, 07 May, 2020

Calls for aviation sector rescue package as thousands set to lose jobs

Calls for a rescue package for the aviation industry in Ireland are becoming louder as Ryanair and Aer Lingus look to shed thousands of jobs between them.

Fri, 01 May, 2020

Irish tourism faces further coronavirus blow after US 'no travel' advice to parts of Italy

Irish tourism is facing more uncertainty after the US issued warnings about travel to parts of Italy and the French authorities closed the Louvre Museum in Paris over concerns for its staff catching the coronavirus from the hundreds of people streaming through its doors.

Mon, 02 Mar, 2020

Irish tourist chiefs on high alert as European events cancelled

Irish tourism chiefs are on high alert over the summer season as question marks were raised for the first time about major global sporting events, including the Olympics -- if the coronavirus threat is not contained.

Fri, 28 Feb, 2020

ITIC: Hard brexit to cost Irish tourism industry €1 bn

Latest figures from the Central Statistics Office have shown a decline in tourism numbers for the past two months.

Wed, 04 Sep, 2019

Number of visitors to Ireland rises but spending falls

Spend by tourists fell by more than 4% in the first three months of the year despite visitors rising by 5.5%, CSO figures have revealed - as industry bosses admitted growth is not being felt evenly across the country.

Wed, 12 Jun, 2019

Tourist attraction €150m plan to boost regional jobs

Fáilte Ireland said its €150m fund will develop what it called "major new visitor attractions of scale across the country".

Wed, 29 May, 2019

'Drift in focus' is tourism threat

Tourism has the potential to create 80,000 new jobs in the next six years but a "worrying drift" in Government focus threatens the growth, an industry organisation has claimed.

Wed, 01 May, 2019

Investment of €200m planned for Cork hotels

Research commissioned by the Irish Tourism Industry Confederation (ITIC) said Government had to match the level of private investment in tourism in the regions post-Brexit.

Wed, 17 Apr, 2019