Dublin city centre evolving to meet strength of hotel demand from visitors and investors
Occupancy levels reached nearly 85% in year to September while Dalata Hotel Group was sold for €1.4bn
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The Irish Times view on new short-term letting rules: an ineffective compromise
Government is only doing what it is obliged to do by the EU
Government shows ‘lack of backbone’ with ‘Kilgarvan carveout’ on short-term letting Bill
Michael Healy-Rae says legislation has been ‘scutterised’, creating uncertainty for businesses
What do the new short-term letting rules mean for property owners and renters?
One report estimated the new measures could bring 5,500 to 9,500 properties back to long-term residential use
A proposal to help boost public transport
Making public transport free for World Public Transport Day would encourage more of us to use the service
Ballinahown in Co Westmeath is named Tidy Towns overall winner for 2026
More than 600 volunteers from across the country at Croke Park awards ceremony
O’Connell Street was always more than a street. Can it start to live up to its potential?
Halloween would be a good place to begin
Bad news for Dublin’s coolest neighbourhoods – there’s a plan to bring them tourists
Plus: the magical disappearing youth culture card, church vs popular music, and An Post goes electric
New mandatory register for Airbnb and other short-term lettings to open in December
Growth of often controversial sector and difficulty contacting hosts key reasons for new legislation
Tourist tax could raise more than €200m for local authorities, research shows
Visitor levies charged by local councils on overnight accommodation are common in EU countries and in parts of the UK
Government levy will impact funding for Uisce Éireann, IDA, Fáilte Ireland
Department of Defence says levy to offset education overspend will put ‘significant’ pressure on military transformation programme
Ten organisations in Ireland offering paid graduate programmes
PwC, Pfizer and the Central Bank are some of the companies and statutory bodies with paid graduate programmes
The Gathering tourism initiative winds down after more than a decade
Plans to hold related events every five years never came to pass, with Fáilte Ireland finally pulling the plug
US college football game expected to pull 14,000 US visitors to Dublin this week
Visitor numbers down on previous years but the now annual event is still seen as important for tourism and transatlantic business ties
Spending on promoting Achill needs to be matched by investment in protecting it
Sustainable tourism depends on safeguarding the very landscapes that attract people to the island
Invisible greenways with no signposts
Connecting these world-class routes to the city shouldn’t require a map and a stroke of luck
The musician who is refusing to let a landmark derelict building ‘die’ on Inis Meáin
Award-winning harper Úna Ní Fhlannagáin did not know she would buy an abandoned hotel when she moved to the island in 2020
Fáilte Ireland spending €10m to boost number taking short domestic breaks
Tourism authority invests in new marketing campaign after domestic tourism flatlines in 2025
Camping in Ireland: Holiday for less than €500 a week for a family of four
With prices starting as low as €15 a night, the camping and caravanning sector is enjoying a long, hot summer
Looking for a last-minute staycation? With some homes charging €4,000 a week, don’t expect a bargain
‘Holiday in Ireland’ searches are up but August shows limited availability and some eye-watering prices
Traitors Ireland refused permission to film new series at ‘archaeologically sensitive’ sites in Meath
‘Misrepresenting the monument for entertainment risks undermining our educational remit’, says OPW
‘Screamers’ house, former home to controversial cult, for sale in Co Donegal
Plus: Raw milk’s granny-longevity powers, taking back Halloween, and a sort of homecoming for Pico Lopes
Ireland’s new short-term let rules: how likely are they to work?
Observers say enforcement is required to make new rules work and more homes available to long-term renters
Ireland to introduce some of Europe’s ‘strictest’ rules on short-term lets, says Minister
Register for Airbnb-style lets being created with view to force homes out of holiday market and in to private rental sector
Graduate to professional: 10 organisations offering paid programmes in Ireland
EY, Boston Scientific and Irish Distillers are among businesses and agencies offering paid graduate programmes
Local authorities must take centre stage in fight against rising toll of road deaths
We have designed roads to suit cars and trucks to the point where it is not safe to walk or cycle
Planned short-term letting register delayed by six months
Plans have been the subject of much internal Government debate
I have some ideas to improve Ireland’s food scene and I’m not just a newly arrived know-it-all
My time as food editor of the Los Angeles Times showed me how positive change can take decades of effort
As Ukrainians prepare to exit Irish hotels, what will become of them and the rooms they leave behind?
One Killarney hotelier has mixed feelings about ceasing to host Ukrainians as housing for up to 16,000 war refugees is to end
Government plans to introduce register of short-term lets facing delay
Legislation underpinning reforms, aimed at bringing more Airbnb style properties back to long-term market, still being drafted
Fáilte Ireland spends €900,000 in two years on promotional photoshoots
Tourism promotion agency says material is held in publicly accessible library to support the promotion of Ireland
Irish tourism’s ‘annus horribilis’?
Logic behind costly hospitality sector Vat cut gets fuzzier and fuzzier
Hotel room rates rise 3% in 2025 despite fall in overseas and domestic visitors
Fáilte Ireland report indicates tourism sector grew last year despite challenges
Could a €5 tourist tax help solve Dublin’s problems? Conor Pope vs Eoghan O’Mara Walsh
Surveys have suggested that close to two thirds of Dubliners think a tourist tax is a good idea. The hospitality sector is not convinced
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