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Limerick is 'WAW' Gateway

Fáilte Ireland has launched a new strategy to develop Limerick as a compelling visitor destination and base for exploring the Wild Atlantic Way. limerick0621

Limerick has been designated as a Wild Atlantic Way Gateway City based on its geographical and cultural position in the West of Ireland and its close proximity to the Wild Atlantic Way. The draft1 ‘Limerick Wild Atlantic Way Gateway City Strategy’ builds on a number of development projects that will bring local experiences to life and leverages the opportunities the Wild Atlantic Way presents to sustainably increase the economic benefit of tourism to Limerick over the next five years.

The strategy has been two years in development between Fáilte Ireland and Limerick City and County Council in collaboration with industry partners across the county.

Speaking at the launch of the strategy, Paul Kelly, CEO of Fáilte Ireland, said:

No fines for outdoor diners

People will not be fined for drinking outside pubs, and the Government will change the law, if needed, to ensure that does not happen, Taoiseach Micheál Martin has said. outdoor

“There is no threat to outdoor dining,” he said.

Speaking after it emerged that some seated areas were not permitted to serve alcohol, in an interview with the Irish Examiner, Mr Martin urged authorities and the public to exercise some “cop on” and said the matter will be resolved.

He said the Attorney General, Paul Gallagher, is examining what legal instruments, if any, are required to facilitate the outdoor summer, which Mr Martin insisted has not been cancelled.

Imperial remembers Rainiers

The Imperial Hotel, Cork, is marking the 60th anniversary of the high-profile visit to Ireland of Prince Rainier and Princess Grace of Monaco with a special package and an grace0621

exhibition recalling the excitement and glamour of the royal couple's visit to Cork city

The royal family drew thousands of people onto the streets of Dublin and Cork during their visit to Ireland in the summer of 1961 to explore Grace Kelly's Irish ancestry.

They visited president Éamon de Valera, dined with the Taoiseach Sean Lemass and his wife Kathleen, and visited her father’s ancestral home in Mayo, Croagh Patrick and the National Stud in Kildare.

Crowds lined Cork’s South Mall to catch a glimpse of the family as they arrived to stay at the Imperial on June 24, 1961, with their children, a young Princess Caroline and Prince Albert, towards the end of the visit.

The Imperial has now created a unique Princess Grace-inspired city break deal to mark the visit by the US-born Oscar-winning actress, whose grandfather, John Peter Kelly, emigrated from Mayo to Philadelphia in 1887.

Shannon closure 'irreversible'

Aer Lingus chief executive Lynne Embleton will tell the Oireachtas transport committee to-day that the airline will not reverse its decision to close its Shannon Airport base, shannonapt leaving the future of up to 126 jobs in question.

“We did not take the decision lightly and a reversal will not be possible,” she will say.

Ms Embleton faces questions from politicians on the Stobart Air collapse and the airline’s planned closure of its Shannon Airport base.

Ms Embleton will appear before the Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications for the first time since she took the airline’s helm in April in a hearing delayed by a row over Aer Lingus’s representation.

Members will quiz her about its operation at Shannon Airport and the fallout from last week’s collapse of Aer Lingus regional franchise operator Stobart Air, which left 480 workers without jobs and cast doubts on the future of public-service routes to Donegal and Kerry.

Shannon-Turin Link Announnced

Ryanair will begin weekly flights from Shannon to Turin in Italy this winter, the midwestern airport confirmed on Monday. turin0621

Shannon said Ryanair will fly once a week to the Italian city from December 18th this year to March 26th next year.

It will be the first Turin service from the airport since 2009, Shannon Group said.

Turin is popular with Irish holiday makers as the city is close to several ski resorts in northern Italy.

Mary Considine, chief executive of Shannon Group, described the news as another step in slowly rebuilding the airport’s services.

“Aviation has a long journey ahead, but it is great at last to see some green shoots of recovery,” she said.

The Turin service brings to nine the number of routes that Ryanair has announced for Shannon. It restarted flying from there last week.

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Limerick is 'WAW' Gateway

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Shannon-Turin Link Announnced

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