Cork is targeting the multi-billion-dollar US LGBT travel market by promoting itself as one of Europe’s most inclusive destinations.

She always thought of golf clubs as a place for the boys. So when the team behind the Irish Open offered Ciara McDonnell a crash course, she accepted – to see if the boys’ club was no more.

Cork Airport is to remain under Dublin Airport Authority control for the foreseeable future with discussions on its independence grounded until 2019.

THE tourism initiative launched yesterday seems impressive but it might be even more so if it had a budget. Despite that minor detail, a programme based on 5,000 years of history has, according to Fáilte Ireland, the potential to increase visitor numbers to the East of Ireland by 20% and tourism revenues by nearly €1bn by 2020.