Fáilte Ireland: Self-catering ratings system will continue

FÁILTE Ireland has written to a number of self-catering establishments to assure them that there will still be a vetting system offering guarantees to customers after 2008.

The tourist group has been inundated with calls from concerned self-catering accommodation owners since it announced it is withdrawing from the inspection and approval of the accommodation.

John Magner, whose establishment in Castletownroche won the national self catering award in 2000, was one business owner who had expressed severe reservations about the move by Fáilte Ireland.