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The Beauty of a vacation in Ireland

 While we look at at the uncharacteristically heavy rain this August, I came across this youtube clip that reminds us just why an Ireland Vacation is just so popular:

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The Yachting world gathers in Ireland

Cork Week, the biennial regatta hosted by the Royal Cork Yacht Club and Ireland’s largest sailing event, kicks off tomorrow in Crosshaven, County Cork. This time around Cork Week has a new

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Cork Airport announces Transatlantic connection

Cork Airport has announced that passengers can now book flights between Cork and the USA in one single transaction. In a deal between Aer Arann and Aer Lingus, passengers will now be able to book flights from USA airports to … Continue reading

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New Routes for cheap flights to Ireland

Cheap flight access to Ireland has been given a further boost as Ryanair has announced 4 new routes to Ireland The airline is commencing 3 new routes into Shannon from October 2008. All originating in Poland they will link the midwestern Airport with Katowice, … Continue reading

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North of Ireland strives for supremacy in Golf

Ballyliffin and Royal Portrush Golf clubs have joined forces in a united cross-border bid to bring Golf’s Irish Open to Ireland’s North Coast. Details of this exciting initiative were revealed at a media briefing for the Seniors Irish Open which … Continue reading

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New route to Cork Airport from Geneva

Aer Lingus has just announced its new winter schedule for 2008/09 to Cork Airport with the addition of a new service  from Cork to Geneva that will commence early December 2008. Commenting on the news, Kevin Cullinane, Marketing Manager Cork Airport said, … Continue reading

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Knock Airport passenger numbers up 25%

Knock Airport has announced that passenger numbers were more than 177,000 in the first four months of 2008 up 25% on the previous year . The Airport had it’s busiest Easter on record with 30,000 passengers passing through it’s doors. Recent additions of new routes to London … Continue reading

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Aer Arann and Aer Lingus commence new routes to Ireland

Two new routes commenced in the past week at Cork Airport. Aer Arann added a link from France when services began from Cork (ORK) to Brest (BES). Brest becomes Aer Arann’s fifth location in France adding to Bordeaux, La Rochelle, … Continue reading

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Dingle named in top 20 destinations in the World

Tripadvisor, the expedia owned travel review website, have just named their best destinations for 2008. Dingle, or “An Daingean” as it is officially named, has been listed at number 18, the 6th European destination to be listed. Dingle, which is in the … Continue reading

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Easing concerns about the strength of the Euro

There has been a lot of talk about fuel prices, a weak dollar and even impending recessions this year. The strenght of the Euro is undoubtedly a factor in this discussion. For travellers to “Euro-zone” countries, this has certainly been on their minds … Continue reading

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