How was it for you?

At the end of a tourism initiative launched in the depths of the recession and met with no little scepticism, Conall Ó Fátharta puts away his céad míle fáilte and asks...

WHEN plans for The Gathering were announced in May of last year, many were sceptical of the idea.

Quite apart from early public scepticism, the entire project wasn’t helped by some notable public figures such as Michael O’Leary and Gabriel Byrne pouring scorn on the idea.