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Daniel and Majella O'Donnell presented the B&B of the Year 2018 Award to Mrs. Mary McKenna,

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of Gallow’s View B&B in Bunratty, Co Clare, at the Ashling Hotel in Dublin. Mrs McKenna said she was delighted to receive the award and thanked her guests for giving her such high praise in their reviews. The annual B&B of the Year Award is based solely on guest reviews and is run by B&B Ireland and sponsored by Waterford Crystal.

Daniel is pictured with Mary McKenna.

Gallow's View was selected from 10 finalists from Counties Galway, Clare, Kerry, Cork, Kildare, Kilkenny, Roscommon and Westmeath. The final winner was selected by an independent expert from Customer Service Excellence Ireland

Culture Date with 8

Culture Date with Dublin 8, the weekend-long celebration of the cultural and historical life of Dubli

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n 8, returns to Kilmainham and Inchicore this year. The festival takes place on Saturday 19th and Sunday 20th May, and will feature a host of free, family-friendly events. This year, the programme has been expanded with the announcement of two flagship events, and a series of pop-up events taking place throughout 2018.

This initiative is supported and developed by Dublin City Council, Fáilte Ireland, Richmond Barracks, OPW, Glasnevin Trust and IMMA, and all activities and events will be free of charge. Advance ticket booking will be required, and tickets will be allocated on a first come, first served basis. Further information can be found at www.culturedatewithdublin8.ie

Highlights of this year’s Culture Date with Dublin 8’s May line-up include:

'Meet the Buyer' in Belfast

Hundreds of international tour operators from around the world have arrived in Belfast for Northern

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Ireland’s largest travel trade platform event, Meet the Buyer 2018.

Pictured are Jill Grant from A Walkers World New Zealand, Naomi Waite, Tourism NI, Louise Finnegan, Tourism Ireland and Matthew Sebastian from Al Tawfeeq in the Middle East.

Organised by Tourism NI in association with Tourism Ireland and taking place at Belfast Waterfront, Meet the Buyer is an annual event that provides a platform for local businesses to showcase their products to a global audience and secure future business.

Tourism is a key driver for the local economy and its role has been central to transforming

The event has improved year on year as its reach and reputation extends worldwide, and this year’s event is the biggest yet.

Tourism push at Tech Summit

Fáilte Ireland is leveraging this week’s Dublin Tech Summit, which has brought more than 10,00

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0 attendees to the Convention Centre Dublin, to create more major overseas tech events on Irish shores.

Azeta Seary, Fáilte Ireland is pictured with a group of over 20 Irish tech associations.

The tourism development authority – a founding sponsor of the summit – has brought together over 20 Irish tech associations, which represent software and information systems companies across the country, for a special briefing on how they can help to bring more major international tech events to Ireland through Fáilte Ireland’s Conference Ambassador Programme.

Oratory is 'Coolest Building'

An ancient Irish oratory has been named alongside the Eiffel Tower and the Sydney’s Opera Hous

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e among the 'coolest constructions on the planet'.

The watertight Gallarus Oratory on the Dingle Peninsula is listed beside the world’s greatest feats of architecture in a new book called 'Amazing Architecture: A Spotter’s Guide'.

The stone church, which idates to somewhere between the 7th and 15th century, is completely made of stone and resembles an upturned boat.

The Lonely Planet explained why this “humble bothy” made it into a book of skyscrapers and sites like the Chrysler Building in New York.