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A new tourist site described as East Clare’s “most ambitious tourism development to date” is opening its doors for business from Monday, June 30. Residents and businesspeople from Mountshannon and ...
Lough Derg is renowned among the faithful for its physically grueling but spiritually uplifting three-day pilgrimage.
Two major proposals led by Jared Kushner and a new airport championed by the Albanian government focus on an area prized for its biodiversity. Are they a sign of things to come?
A worker at the Lough Derg pilgrimage site has pleaded guilty to a range of sexual assault charges against a number of females at the famous Christian retreat.
The controversial River Shannon to Dublin water pipeline project would “cause damage to tourism and fisheries” at Lough Derg.
A John Lavery painting of Station Island, Lough Derg has gone on display at the National Gallery of Ireland. The Lavery. On Location exhibition is the highlight of the National Gallery of Ireland’s ...
Pat Dowling, Chief Executive Clare County Council added, “The Lough Derg Blueway is one of the first to receive formal Blueway Accreditation status and this progress demonstrates the commitment of the ...
St. Patrick’s Sanctuary, Lough Derg, is preparing to re-open Station Island in Donegal to pilgrims from May 1 for its full pilgrimage summer programme, after having been forced to close for the past ...
Lough Derg in Co Donegal will reopen to pilgrims on 1 May after being forced to close for two years due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
“Our Lough Derg Team’s longstanding dream of a lakeshore museum became a realistic project because of the grant-aid we received from Donegal County Council under the auspices of their Minor Tourism ...
Strategic plan to turn Lough Derg into ‘slow tourism’ destination like Italy’s Lake Como Complex in revamped creamery will include information centre, retail space, café, play area and parking ...
Kayaking on Lough Derg, Killaloe, Co Clare (Clare County Council/ Photo: Patrick Bolger) “It will be an added attraction to Tourism Ireland’s Hidden Heartlands marketing suite,” said O’Hagan, who ...