County Mayo’s Ashford Castle has been nominated as one of five finalists in the “Best of the Best” Hotels in the World, This is the first time that an Irish hotel has been nominated. The annual competition run by luxury travel advisory Virtuoso. The competition looks exclusively at the high end, 5 star hotel industry internationally, […]
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Castlebar is to play host to Mayo Colour Run, this July 12th at lough Lannagh. This is a fantastic, ‘crawl, walk, or run’ , Family Colour event. Celebrating healthiness, happiness, individuality, and giving back to the community. A fundraiser for Aware, this event is proving exceptionally popular with Ticket in high demand. Not so much […]
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Competition to find Ireland’s Best Young Entrepreneur, aged between 18 and 30, launched by An Taoiseach and Minister Bruton Up to €50,000 investment prize-fund for three local winners, through Local Enterprise Office Mayo The Taoiseach, the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation and the Local Enterprise Office LEO Mayo have launched the search to find […]
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The European Junior Golf Tour ‘swings’ into the town of Ballina, County Mayo on July 17 for its inaugural event in Ireland since the Tours conception in the year 2000. The Tour runs over 40 events throughout the UK all year round for junior golfers aged from three-years up to 17 years old. Several European […]
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Would you like to take advantage of the longer brighter days by getting out on your bike? A challenge is going out to all families and people of all ages to dust off their bikes and trikes for a bumper week of cycling activity during National Bike Week 2015 .28 different events are sceduled to […]
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Failte Ireland’s discover Ireland campaign will be broadcasting on Monday the 8th of June, live from the octagon in Westport as part of RTE’s Tubridy show. The octagon in Westport will be broadcast centre, as the host enjoys the sight and sounds of the wild atlantic way. this is just one of a series of OB(outside broadcasts) shows which […]
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CNN’s Living Golf Show for June which is presented by Tipperary man Shane O’Donoghue will be an “Ireland Special” featuring an exclusive interview with Padraig Harrington, filmed at his boyhood hunting ground, Stackstown. The show will also include a road trip to some of Ireland’s most beautiful golf courses along on the Wild Atlantic […]
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Failte Ireland Workshop:- Increasing Food & Beverage Sales Through Service Experiences (Wild Atlantic Way) Location: Castlecourt Hotel, Westport, Co Mayo Date: Thursday, 4th June 2015 Time: 9.00am-1.00pm Rationale: Service plays a vital role in the customer experience and especially in an Irish context where it has proven to be one of our differentiating strengths. […]
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There is a jam-packed programme of Pirate Queen celebrations in store in Westport, Clare Island, Louisburgh, Mulranny, Newport and Achill Island this bank holiday weekend. It has been over 500 years since the Pirate Queen, Grace O’Malley, commanded the land and seas of Ireland’s western isles, and this weekend, from Friday to Monday, the third […]
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The editor of the world’s largest travel website and author of a New York Times bestselling novel visited Mayo last week to sample all the county Mayo has to offer. Paula Froelich, Editor in Chief of Yahoo Travel, a travel website which attracts an Astonishing 700,000 hits a day, travelled to Mayo on a family holiday. The author, journalist and […]
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