The appointment has been announced that Gerry Walsh, former CEO of Board Gáis, will take over the position of Chairman of the Cork Airport Authority.
At myguideIreland we are huge fans of Cork Airport and often receive reviews from travellers highlighting the ease of transit and the quality of the experience at Cork Airport.
We welcome the appointment of Gerry Walsh and wish hime every success in steering the airport to even greater success in the coming years.
This October, In association with Adare Manor Resort we are offering you the chance to live like a Lord or Lady. Adare is the perfect base for touring the most popular tourist site in Ireland in Counties, Kerry, Limerick, Cork and Clare and we are giving you a choice of 2 great value packages that include the Adare Manor experience:
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7 nights on the estate in one of Adare’s luxury Villas including a Rental Car for just $342/£195 per person when 4 people share or $684/£391 per person when 2 people share. read more
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7 days/6 nights touring Ireland including 2 nights in the historic Adare Manor House for just €573/£327 read more
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
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
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:
At myguideIreland, the service we provide to our Guests is our biggest priority! We are obsessed with always finding ways to improve our service. We firmly believe this is what sets us apart as a company dedicated to travel to Ireland. We want to always exceed our Guests’ expectations on their Ireland Vacation. We have excellent relations with accommodation owners and we strive to create the best tours to Ireland. We visit every hotel ourselves to ensure it meets our standards before we recommend it to our Guests.
We actively encourage Guest feedback and when we receive the kind of testament as supplied here by Colin Grieve and his party, it makes all our hard work worthwhile.
Hands up if you’re tired yet of the endless talk about a recession in the economy? For months now, there has been speculation about whether there will be one, if it’s not there already.
Well if the answer above is yes, here’s some good news at last - myguideIreland are offering you a 7 Day Ireland vacation for only $250, thats less than the price of an iPhone!
You can customize your Ireland tour in many ways all with the help of your own personal Ireland specialist. Here’s an overview of whats included in the tour:
7-day rental of an economy car including all fees and taxes, CDW, theft protection and location service charge
6 nights at one of Ireland’s finest cottage vacation rentals
Road map of Ireland
Heritage guide to Ireland including admission special offers
Ever wondered what makes the Irish so partial to a cup of tea?
Here, Summer of Travel writer Liz o’ Malley explains her experiences when travelling the South West of Ireland with the help of Barry’s finest amongst others….
I heard a statistic while in Ireland, that the Irish drink more tea per capita than any other country in Europe. I believe it, and I like it.
I come from Seattle, the caffeine capital of the U.S. It is the place where Starbucks was born, spawned from a culture of rainy, gloomy skies, thick arches of stoic forests, conditions that tuck people indoors, out of the wet cold, and around café tables. We love our coffee there - we love roasting it, we love the smell, we love the flavor.
Ireland has a similar marine climate, similar conditions of green and wetness. Read More
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 Cork with a stopover in Dublin. Checked luggage will be transferred automatically to the connecting flight and boarding passes will be issued for the Dublin-Cork leg in the USA.
This deal will benefit both inbound and outbound travel through Cork Airport as Irish passengers will be also be able to book flights from Cork to eg JFK via Dublin in one transaction.
Begining on July 28th, Galway will host its annual 7 day world renowned horsing racing festival. The 2008 Galway Races promise to be a real spectacle in the Irish Horse Racing calendar and will attract some 200,000 race-goers to the Ballybrit venue over the course of the event.
The Festival has established itself as the pinnacle in Irish Racing and arguably the most lavish, colourful and sociable fixture in the Irish Racing Calendar. Its not only the quality of racing that sets Galway apart, but the coming together of racing fanatic and party goer combine to make the atmosphere something that can only be experienced to fully appreciate. True Irish Craic is guaranteed not to mention the odd one or a dozen pints of Guinness!
