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The AA Business Hotel of the year for 2008 has been won by Mullingar Park Hotel. It was announced at a gala ceremony in the Guinness Gravity Bar in Dublin this week which was attended by leading figures in Irish tourism, including Minister Martin Cullen.

A young Kilkenny man won a fleet of prizes after swooping the Boot to the Headlight truck show in Goffs Showground, Naas, Co Kildare, at the weekend.

The Athlone Tea Rooms, Belvedere House and Gardens, Mullingar, and cruising on the river Shannon are among the Westmeath attractions to be highlighted in a new advertising campaign launched by Tourism Ireland last week.

Irish hoteliers have joined with Minister for Arts, Sports and Tourism, Martin Cullen TD, to launch the 2009 Be Our Guest Guide and kick start the Irish Hotels Federation’s (IHF) international marketing drive for 2009. Now in its 22nd edition, the guide is renowned as Ireland’s largest tourist accommodation listing, featuring almost 1,000 hotels and guesthouses from every county, including 35 in County Mayo. Over 300,000 guides will be distributed in 22 countries in the coming months, acting as a key marketing tool in promoting Ireland at home and abroad.

The iconic VISUAL Centre for Contemporary Arts and The George Bernard Shaw Theatre will celebrate its opening on Saturday September 26, with a carnival-themed fun day.

There was a time where you could have gone from January to December and not have heard a single story about an armed raid in Kilkenny, however, clearly those days are long gone.

Kilkenny man, MJ McGuinness, of McGuinness Logistics and Warehousing won the Livery of the year award on Monday, at the third annual fleet Transport Awards gala dinner.

Ireland’s largest tourism trade fair, Meitheal, took place last week in Dublin with a record attendance of 281 overseas operators and 300 Irish companies including 13 from Mayo.

Waterford Airport has welcomed the official opening of the Waterford City Bypass (the catflap as it has come known), which makes the regional airport more easily accessible than ever from counties Kilkenny, Tipperary, Carlow, and Wexford.

Nine-time All-star winner and ex-Gaelic Players Association President DJ Carey believes that the GPA would be silly to ignore the €1.05 million euro on the table for a new government grants scheme, despite the ‘package’ being reduced by almost €2 million because of the current economic climate.