Fáilte Ireland has confirmed today that 162 international conferences worth €67 million have been secured for Ireland so far this year.

Conference facilities in regions outside of Dublin will be promoted by Fáilte Ireland as it aims to attract business tourism worth €58m.

In the days following Tiger Woods’s remarkable comeback win at The Masters, the worldwide golf industry welcomed the victory with the hope it will push the needle of interest in the sport to greater heights.

THE mid-west’s tourism promotion agency Shannon Development has linked up with Tourism Ireland UK in a major promotional campaign, based around the Heineken Cup final.

Gardaí are treating as suspicious the death of a woman whose body was found in a burnt out caravan in Tubber, Co Clare, last Friday.