Archive for September, 2008
This month myguideIreland have another excellent offer giving you the opportunity for only $359 to spend a 6 days in Ireland including a castle stay!
Combine the luxury regal experience of a 15th Century castle with a stay in a cottage vacation rental as you tour Ireland’s most popular tourist region. The package includes:
- 4 nights in a cottage vacation rental.
- 1 night in the former Castle home of one of Ireland’s most famous Earls.
- Full cooked Irish breakfast in Castle Dining room.
- Economy rental car including unlimited mileage, CDW, all fees and taxes.
- Map of Ireland.
- Shipping by FedEx of your accommodation vouchers
- Ireland discount booklet with $600 in admission concessions
September 16th, 2008
What Dublin doesn’t have in size, it more than makes up for in personality. Ask anyone who’s visited the ‘Fair City’ and they’ll have one or two tales to tell about the legendary charm of Dublin. This September, Dublin is set to host a range of exciting events that provide the perfect opportunity to experience the city‘s unique character.
Of these events the one grabbing most of the headlines is the Dublin Fringe Festival. Picking up where Edinburgh left off, The Fringe is Ireland’s showcase of visual and performance arts played out at established and makeshift venues throughout Dublin from September 6th to 21st
Read more on the Dublin Fringe Festival
September 11th, 2008
It’s official! Westport in County Mayo is Ireland’s tidiest town. For the third time, the County mayo town has won the overall title at the 2008 SuperValu TidyTowns awards ceremony in Dublin. Westport previously won in 2001 and in 2006
A visit to Westport as part of an Ireland vacation or holiday will show the beauty that the town exudes.
Tidy towns initiative
The national TidyTowns competition was launched by Bord Fáilte (now Fáilte Ireland) in 1958 as a follow on from the National Spring Clean Campaign which ran from 1953 and 1957 as part of Tostal a tourism celebration of all things Irish. Bord Fáilte was restructured in 1995 and the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government assumed ownership of TidyTowns and now organises the competition with the support of national sponsor SuperValu
September 8th, 2008
Aer Arann have announced that they will take over the Glasgow-Prestwick - Cork route that is being axed by Ryanair.
This follows the announcement by Ryanair last week that it was cutting two routes out of Cork Airport including the Galsgow route.
Aer Arann, who also fly to Edinburgh from Cork, confirmed this morning that they will begin flying from Cork to Glasgow’s Prestwick airport from October 28. This ensures there is no break in service for travelers between the two airports and is great news for me :) (and for other people working for companies with offices in both Cork and Glasgow.)
September 5th, 2008