Tag Archives: Ireland

Irish Dancing and a GAA Match

You may wonder what these two things may have in common – well 2 things actually – firstly they are both great passions of mine and secondly and possibly more importantly as far as you’re concerned they are 2 things … Continue reading

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South Pole Conquered by West Cork Woman

Clare O Leary from Bandon, West Cork, Ireland made history on January 8 by becoming the first Irish woman to trek to the South Pole in a four-person “Beyond Endurance” expedition team lead by Pat Falvey from Cork. Claire who … Continue reading

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Ireland a culinary pleasure

Excellent culinary and Ireland, a few years ago these were two different things, which did not fit together. Up to recently when people considered Irish cuisine, people always thought first of the traditional bacon and cabbage, colcannon, brown soda bread … Continue reading

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Dublin Air Traffic Controllers Dispute

So far today the air traffice control services in Dublin Airport operated with as normal with no delay to passengers.  At this point it is impossible to predict how and when the ban on overtime may affect services and cause … Continue reading

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Irish Country & Manor House Hotels FAM Trip

Recently I was invited on a familiarization trip around Cavan, Leitrim, Meath, Mayo and Roscommon by the lovely people at Irish Country & Manor House Hotels (CMV), Ireland’s premier group of independent hotels. I was very interested to discover this … Continue reading

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DiscoveringIreland reverse US Dollar declines

At DiscoveringIreland, we always pride ourselves on putting our Guests first and are always looking for ways to offer better value without compromising the service we deliver. As you are well aware, the dollar has recently hit record lows against the … Continue reading

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Sylvie begins her journey..

Every year around the months of October and November, the Manor House Hotels & Irish Country Hotels group organises a familiarisation trip so that we as the Ireland experts are kept informed of any changes in our hotels that we … Continue reading

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