€200 mill to lure tourists to Ireland

AROUND €200 million will be spent over the next three years to attract nine million tourists to Ireland, it emerged yesterday.

Tourism Ireland and Failte Ireland claimed the funding was the first step in protecting the country’s position in an increasingly tough international market.

Tourism Minister John O’Donoghue said there was no room for complacency and called for focused and unified action across the industry to hit the high growth targets.