Tourism Ireland hosted a stellar event at The Lotte New York Palace Hotel in New York City on January 28 to launch its 2020 marketing plan – an extension of the 2019 “Fill Your Heart with Ireland” campaign. Guests from all over the U.S. and Ireland filled the beautiful ballroom at the Palace for a
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Tourism Ireland hosted a stellar event at The Lotte New York Palace Hotel in New York City on January 28 to launch its 2020 marketing plan – an extension of the 2019 “Fill Your Heart with Ireland” campaign. Guests from all over the U.S. and Ireland filled the beautiful ballroom at the Palace for a night of celebration and discussion.
Alison Metcalfe, Tourism Ireland’s head of North America and Australia, opened the event with grace and style, and the good news that tourism is booming in Ireland, and that there are high hopes that this trend will continue into 2020 and beyond. She introduced Niall Gibbons, Tourism Ireland’s CEO, who continued on a positive note, and made fast work of the figures, revealing that 11.2 million tourists visited Ireland last year, generating €5.8 billion for the economy and supporting 350,000 jobs all over the country.
Horses have been kept in Ballyfermot for generations and are part of the landscape of the west Dublin suburb. However there are two sides to the debate whether it is a good thing or not.
Community worker Eddie Kershaw believes that horses keep young children out of trouble saying that the children have a lot of love to give and they express that love caring for their animals. According to Kershaw, keeping horses helps with the children s personal development as they learn horsemanship and show great ingenuity in stabling their horses in neat purpose-built accommodation in back gardens.
Orla Carey talks to Nationwide reporter Tom Kelly about her ability to care for five year old horse Juicy .