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Ireland's trade surplus up 8pc in February News
16.04.2013 Ireland’s seasonally adjusted trade surplus increased by 8pc between January and February 2013 to €3,128m, according to preliminary figures from the CSO. -
James Nesbitt's Ireland series attracting 4.5m ITV viewers per show News
09.04.2013 An audience of around 4.5 million TV viewers around Britain is tuning in to images of Ireland every Monday, on ITV’s new 'James Nesbitt’s Ireland' series, according to Tourism... -
Record numbers of visitors to Guinness Storehouse in 2012 News
02.01.2013 The Guinness Storehouse had a record number of visitors for 2012 as 1,087,209 guests passed through its doors in the last 12 months. -
DCC buying Kent Pharma as it seeks to develop pharmaceuticals business News
20.12.2012 DCC plc, through its DCC Healthcare division, said today that it has reached conditional agreement to acquire British generic pharmaceuticals company Kent Pharmaceutical...Categories: Company News, Mergers & Acquisitions -
Tourism Ireland achieves one million Facebook fans News
30.10.2012 Tourism Ireland has reached one million fans on Facebook around the world, making it the third most popular tourism board, after Australia and Spain, on the social network.Tags: Spain, Australia, Great Britain, Germany, Social Network, India, Facebook, Tourism Ireland, Niall Gibbons, -
Eirgrid to officially open East-West Interconnector today News
20.09.2012 The East-West Interconnector delivered by Eirgrid is due to start commercial operations on 1 October, further to being officially opened later today. -
Ecuador grants political asylum to Assange News
16.08.2012 Ecuador has decided to grant political asylum to WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, who has been staying in the country’s London embassy for nearly two months. -
DCC buying BP's LPG business in Britain for €51.3m News
08.08.2012 DCC announced today that it is buying BP’s liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) distribution business in Britain for €51.3m. -
London launch for The Gathering 2013 News
31.07.2012 ‘The Gathering Ireland 2013’ was launched in London yesterday evening by Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport, Leo Varadkar, who invited people of Irish descent and those... -
0.7pc increase in overseas visitor numbers in Q2 - CSO News
27.07.2012 The total number of trips into Ireland in the second quarter of 2012 increased by 0.7pc to 1,817,300, when compared with the same period in 2011, according to figures released...Tags: CSO, Ireland, Niall Gibbons, Tourism Ireland, Great Britain, US, New Zealand, Australia, YouTube, China, India, Middle East, Germany, Italy, -
16 Irish horses competing for nine countries at London 2012 News
27.07.2012 Sixteen Irish-bred horses will be taking part in equestrian events in the course of London 2012, competing for nine different countries, according to Minister for Agriculture,...Categories: Irish Economy, SportTags: Olympic Games, London 2012, Simon Coveney , Ireland, US, Great Britain, Queen Elizabeth II , Canada, New Zealand, Switzerland, Sweden, -
Jameson visitor centres numbers up 13pc this year News
25.07.2012 Visitors to two Jameson centres in Dublin and Cork increased by 13pc in the first six months of this year, according to Irish Distillers.Categories: Tourism -
Ireland as a holiday destination marketed to Great British public News
11.07.2012 Eight tourism companies from around the island of Ireland travelled to Kent in Britain recently, to join Tourism Ireland for a roadshow aimed at raising awareness of Ireland as...Tags: Tourism Ireland, Great Britain -
Shooting begins in Dublin for Tourism Ireland global TV ad News
04.07.2012 Filming for the second phase of Tourism Ireland’s global advertising campaign, Jump into Ireland, started in Dublin today.Tags: Dublin, Tourism Ireland, Kerry, Television, Radio, Great Britain, US, France, Germany, Ikea, Heineken -
Boris Becker, Lennox Lewis and Colin Montgomerie join VisitBritain campaign News
20.06.2012 Boris Becker, Lennox Lewis and Colin Montgomerie have been recruited by VisitBritain for a marketing push to promote British tourism around the world. -
Canada ranks No 1 for women News
15.06.2012 Canada has come out as the best place to be a woman among the world’s largest economies according to the results of a global poll of experts, published this week.Categories: Women In Business -
Majority of TV viewing now 'on-demand' for one in four people in Britain News
30.04.2012 More than one in four people in Britain (26pc) now claim to spend more time watching TV through on-demand services, like the BBC iPlayer, than they do watching traditional...Tags: Great Britain, Television -
Ireland's external trade surplus drops to €3.5bn in December News
15.02.2012 Ireland’s seasonally adjusted exports fell by 9pc from €8.25bn in November to just over €7.5bn in December, according to the CSO.Categories: Irish Economy -
Tourism Ireland launches global ad campaign News
09.01.2012 Tourism Ireland has launched its new global advertising campaign – ‘Jump into Ireland’ – to promote the island of Ireland overseas over the next three years.Tags: Tourism Ireland, Niall Gibbons, Spain, Italy, Ireland, US, Great Britain, Growth, France, Germany, -
Trips into Ireland up 6.5pc in third quarter of 2011 News
14.11.2011 Overseas trip into Ireland rose by 6.5pc to 2,126,200 in the three months between July and September 2011, an increase of 129,600 compared to the same period in 2010, new...