Brexit sees UK visitors drop by 250,000

At least a quarter of a million UK visitors vanished from Irish shores this year in what tourism chiefs are warning could be a worsening Brexit effect.

While overall tourist numbers and total spend rose to record levels in 2017, the one negative trend was a 7% drop in the number of visitors coming from the UK.

Some 3.9m visitors came from Britain last year which is around 40% of all visitors, making the UK our largest tourist market.