Terror threat to tourism sector - Promoting Ireland overseas

ON Monday next, Tourism Minister Paschal Donohoe will launch Tourism Ireland’s 2016 marketing plans to promote the island of Ireland overseas.

They will look with hope and expectation to the future, based on a good year for Irish tourism and a steadying increase in visitors from Britain, Europe, and the US.

They will probably not engage in any meaningful discussions on the latest global terrorism threats, the downing of a Russian military plane by the Turkish air force or the security crackdown in France, Belgium and other parts of Europe as well as the US.