Now Open in Dungarvan The Hatmaker Hotel is a new boutique stay in the heart of Dungarvan, located on Parnell Street. This 16-room hotel offers a quiet, comfortable base just steps from the town’s best cafés, restaurants, shops and the Waterford Greenway. Guests can choose from five distinct room types, each designed...
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From Viking trails to castle talesAustrian travel journalists discover the stories of Waterford
From Viking trails to castle talesAustrian travel journalists discover the stories of Waterford
Millions of Austrians to read all about Ireland’s Ancient East. Six travel journalists from Austria, representing various print and online publications – with a combined audience of 3.4 million people – have been exploring Ireland and our ancient castles and Viking history, as guests of Tourism...
Cork Airport launches its 2025 Summer Schedule
Cork Airport launches its 2025 Summer Schedule
Cork Airport, Ireland’s fastest-growing airport, has officially launched its 2025 Summer Schedule, featuring 2.75 million seats on sale on over 50 routes, operated by nine airlines. The extensive summer schedule was launched by Tom Randles, incoming President of the Irish Travel Agents Association and managing...
Enhancing tourism in Waterford
Enhancing tourism in Waterford
Over 100 tourism and hospitality businesses from across Waterford came together to discover, connect and collaborate to enhance tourism in Waterford, last Thursday, 27 February. The Waterford Rural Tourism Network is made up of five cluster areas; Copper Coast, Blackwater Valley, Comeraghs, Gaeltacht na nDéise, and...
Down at the Lithuanian Way
Down at the Lithuanian Way
Lithuania is situated on the south-eastern shore of the Baltic Sea and is the largest of the three Baltic states with a size of 65,290 km² and population of 2.65 million people. Its capital and largest city is Vilnius, while Kaunas and Klaipėda are other major cities. Lithuania, surrounded by Latvia, Belarus, Poland...
Relaxation and indulgence at Aqua Suites, Lanzarote
Relaxation and indulgence at Aqua Suites, Lanzarote
Kieran Foley An old Irish seanfhocal proclaims ‘An rud is annamh is iontach’ or ‘what’s seldom is wonderful’. Jetting off to a foreign land to bask in some sunshine was a ritual for many of us each year, but of course the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic resulted in our entire calendar of annual fixtures being...
Teada featured on TG4
Teada featured on TG4
Excellent music and conversations are the backbone of Comhluadar Ceoil, a new music series hosted by Dáithí Ó Sé on TG4. Waterford group Téada were Dáithí’s guest for the third programme in the series which aired on March 28th. Téada, first came to national prominence over 20 years ago and have been travelling and...
Dutch ambassador enthusiastic about prospects of Waterford and South-East
Dutch ambassador enthusiastic about prospects of Waterford and South-East
Kieran Walsh The Munster Express spoke to the Dutch Ambassador last week, who expressed much interest in many positive plans in the south east, such as the university, offshore wind and new transport plans for Waterford. The Dutch have considerable expertise in Green transport and offshore wind. The Ambassador, Mr....
TV Review: OJ All The Way (BBC Four)
TV Review: OJ All The Way (BBC Four)
The BBC Four showing of ‘OJ: The American Way’ was a must-watch across a week with such renewed interest in an American sports and movie hero ‘The Juice’ OJ Simpson. Back in 1995, his trial for the murder of his wife Nicole was a television ‘trial of the century’. It made OJ an...
TV Review: Redwater (RTE One & BBC One)
TV Review: Redwater (RTE One & BBC One)
The RTE One opener of ‘Redwater’, mostly filmed on location in Dunmore East caught me by surprise. I was expecting a stage-Oirish soap and for a while, I was nodding my head in agreement with myself: a horse on a beach, people dressed as clowns doing some kind of race ending up in the sea and a character...
New ‘Redwater’ details revealed
New ‘Redwater’ details revealed
Series may be broadcast in US NEW details have been revealed about the upcoming BBC series ‘Redwater’ which was filmed in Dunmore East during the summer of 2016. The picturesque area of East Waterford is to depict the fictional village of Redwater in the high profile series which will focus on popular ‘EastEnders’...
Councillors call for free to air GAA TV
Councillors call for free to air GAA TV
WATERFORD has become the latest Council to call on the GAA to reverse its policy of selling exclusive broadcasting rights of certain matches to subscription viewing channels. At the November plenary meeting of Waterford City & County Council, a motion in the name of Cllr Joe Conway (Ind) called on the GAA ensure...
