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Tourism News

Airline Tax:

Reports say the European Commission is opposed to a voluntary tax on air travel to fund extra development aid for Africa and will defy a request by EU finance ministers to make such a proposal.
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Cork Airport:

The new terminal at Cork Airport is scheduled to be completed by November 2005
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New flights from Cork Airport include: Munich, London Gatwick, Brest, Brussels, Faro, Rome, Durham Tees Valley, Liverpool, Budapest, Nice.
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Blue Flag Beaches:

Ireland has been awarded 82 Blue Flags this year.

• Louth is back in the programme after many years receiving two Blue Flags. This year Templetown got the flag back after being out of the programme since 1998. Port has never been a Blue Flag beach until this year.
• County Dublin has increased its number of Blue Flags from 3 in 2004 to 4 in 2005. Fingal County Council sees the return of Blue Flags to Malahide and Donabate beaches while Dún Laoghaire - Rathdown celebrates flags flying at Killiney and Seapoint.
• Dublin City has never received a Blue Flag before. Dollymount is the first Dublin City beach to receive a Blue Flag.
• Cork increased its number of Blue Flags by 1 with the return of Blue Flag status to Owenahincha.
• Kerry and Mayo received the highest number of Blue Flags in the country with 13 blue flags each.
• County Galway increases its number of flags by 1 with the flag going to Trá Mhór Coill Rua, Indreabhán.
• Galway City receives a Blue Flag for the first time since 1998 for Silverstrand.
• Westmeath increased its Blue Flags by 1 with the flag returning to Lilliput on Lough Ennell. A landlocked county, Westmeath now has 4 Blue Flags in total including two marinas.
• 7 Beaches lost their Blue Flag Status in 2005.
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Cultural Tourism is the way forward:

Fine Gael leader Enda Kenny TD has said cultural tourism is still an under-developed element of the Irish tourism offering, despite its representing serious potential for the tourism industry and the economy generally. He was speaking at a seminar on Irish Tourism Meeting the Challenges, Ensuring a Bright Future, organised by Fine Gael and the European People’s Party.
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Ireland shelves biometric chip passport plans:

Ireland has shelved plans to introduce biometric chips to passports amid expectations that America will relax demands for their introduction. The US Department of Homeland Security wanted the chips installed by October in passports of European citizens who can travel to America for short-term visits without a visa. Biometric chips are capable of holding various biographical information on people such as their finger prints, facial dimensions, and even scans of their irises.
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News from us

We are pleased to announce that Travel Directories Ireland has recieved over 300,000 page hits, 1,000,000 hits and almost 50,000 users in the last month.
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We have updated the price of our packages, existing customers fees will remain unchanged.
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Internet News

Windows users are being urged to download the latest security updates from Microsoft to fix critical flaws. The software giant has warned that three loopholes affecting Windows and Internet Explorer allow an attacker take control of a personal computer.
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Virus writers have adopted a new tactic to try to make sure their malicious programs reach as many victims as possible. Instead of releasing Windows viruses intermittently, many creators of worms and trojans are pumping them out with increasing frequency.
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Recipe

Lemon and Lime Syllabub
Whip up a tart and creamy dessert in no time at all. Serve in stemmed wine glasses for extra glamour.

Ingredients:

300ml/10fl oz double or whipping cream
zest and juice of 1 lemon
zest and juice of 1 lime
2 tbsp white wine
1-2 tbsp icing sugar, sifted
chocolate shavings, to decorate
(Serves 4)

Directions:

Begin whisking the cream and zests, then slowly add the juice, white wine and sugar. (If using a sweet white wine you may not need much sugar.)
The consistency should be thick and billowy, but take care not to over whisk.
Spoon into individual glasses and chill in the fridge until ready to serve.
To make chocolate shavings, use a potato peeler on a bar of dark chocolate and sprinkle on top.
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Final Thought

Growing old is mandatory, growing up is optional.

Slán

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