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Lough Derg Heritage Trail

A new trail showcasing the rich natural heritage of Lough Derg has been developed in time for the 2015 summer season.

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Lough Derg (on the Shannon) Nature Trail is produced by the County Councils in Clare, Galway and Tipperary, and co-funded by The Heritage Council and Lakelands & Inland Waterways.

The 130-kilometre trail takes visitors from Portumna in Galway down the western shore of the lake, to Killaloe in Clare, and back up on the eastern side to Terryglass in Tipperary. The stops along the route, which can be travelled in any direction, include walking routes, lakeshore access, great bird watching locations, woodland parks for adventuring, and quiet spots to enjoy the beautiful vistas of Ireland's third largest lake and the largest lake in the River Shannon system.

'Ancient East' Workshops

Tourism operators attended the Fáilte Ireland’s first Ireland’s Ancient East stakeholder workshop at the City North Hotel, Gormanston, Co. Meath to learn more about the new initiative and to discuss how they can work with the national tourism authority to bring this new tourism initiative to life in the region. This is the first of a number of workshops which will be held throughout the region in the coming weeks .

Others will be held in

11th May 2015 - Portlaoise Heritage Hotel, Portlaoise, Co Laois. Time:30am

12th May 2015 – Amber Springs Hotel, Gorey, Co Wexford. Time:30am

13th May 2015 – The Walter Raleigh Hotel, Youghal, Co Cork. Time:30am

Ireland’s Ancient East, is a new touring region which seeks to attract greater international visitors by building on the wealth of historical and cultural assets in the east of Ireland. This new initiative extends from Carlingford to Cork and Cavan to Carnsore and is based on 5,000 years of history, heritage and culture all located in that relatively compact region.

Media Tour WAW

Key international media with an overall audience of over 13 million arrived in Ireland this week as part of a Press Trip organised by Fáilte Ireland. The group will be taken on a journey of a lifetime along the Wild Atlantic Way.

Fáilte Ireland has already invested €10 million during 2014 in the route which stretches from the Inishowen Peninsula in Donegal to Kinsale in County Cork and already the new attraction is garnering significant interest overseas.

The travelling group cover a wide range of markets such as the US, Germany, Belgium, the Netherlands, Spain and China as well as India and South Africa.

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New Paris Tourism Event

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A delegation of 35 Irish tourism businesses travelled to Paris to take part in a brand new, B2B tourism event for 2015, Irlande à Paris.

The group is pictured with Caroline Phelan, Tourism Ireland (back, fifth right), and Game of Thrones characters (right), outside the Irish Cultural Centre in Paris, where the new B2B tourism event, Irlande à Paris, took place.

Organised by Tourism Ireland, Irlande à Paris took place in the Irish Cultural Centre and involved two simultaneous workshops and networking events – one targeting group tour operators and travel agents, the other business tourism and MICE (meetings, incentive, conferences and events) buyers. It provided the Irish delegation with the opportunity to meet and do business with more than 250 carefully selected French travel professionals – including leading business tourism buyers, group tour operators and travel agents.

Monica MacLaverty, Tourism Ireland’s head of southern Europe, said: “2014 was a record year for French visitors to Ireland and Tourism Ireland in France is undertaking an extensive programme of promotional activity throughout 2015 – to keep the momentum going and build on that growth. We were delighted that so many influential French travel professionals took the time to come and meet our industry partners at our new event, Irlande à Paris – demonstrating their keen interest in programming the island of Ireland in 2015 and beyond.”

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