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Cong hotels first in Ireland to provide guests with onsite Covid PCR tests Published: Wednesday, 09 June 2021 12:35
Ashford Castle and sister hotel, The Lodge at Ashford are the first hotels in Ireland where guests can avail of an onsite Covid-19 PCR test, with results available within 12 hours.
Working in partnership with Communicare Medical Supplies and available now, tests will be carried out by a medical professional in a dedicated test room, or in the guest’s own room if preferred, and results and certs will be issued by email.
Niall Rochford, general manager of the two hotels in Cong, says the convenience of being able to take a PCR test while on holiday will really help domestic market guests who want the reassurance of a negative test before returning home or going back to work. However, the test service will be of particular benefit to international guests. International guests will be welcome from July 19, all of whom will require a negative PCR test if tra
US visitors to Ireland needed before the end of the year, according to the GM of Ashford Castle Published: Wednesday, 28 April 2021 15:24
The economy of this region has been severely hit by the loss of millions of euro worth of revenue from international tourists over the last 12 months. That’s the view of Niall Rochford, general manager, Ashford Castle and The Lodge at Ashford.
He has welcomed the statement this week by European President, Ursula von der Leyen that US tourists vaccinated against COVID-19, will be able to visit the EU in the coming months.
He is urging the Irish government to give serious, and early consideration to the possibility of allowing inbound travel from the US for fully vaccinated tourists by later this year.
People across Ireland – including key decision-makers – tell the story of Thursday 12 March 2020. By TheJournal.ie team Friday 12 Mar 2021, 9:00 AM Mar 12th 2021, 9:00 AM 109,293 Views 49 Comments
NOTE: This article was originally published on 13 June 2020. We’ve moved it back up to our homepage today to mark the first anniversary of the initial 12 March lockdown.
IN THE PRECEDING days Ireland had looked on in mounting horror as the death toll in Italy climbed higher and higher. Travel advice was updated and then updated again as officials scrambled to keep up with the pace of change across Europe.
St Patrick’s Day parades across the country had already been cancelled. The previous night, Wednesday 11 March, the first Irish death from coronavirus was announced. The Taoiseach’s traditional US trip was cut down