Welcome to Travel Directories Ireland Newsletter for Summer 2018

Tourism News

GDPR – General Data Protection Regulation
The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is a legal framework that sets guidelines for the collection and processing of personal information of individuals within the European Union.

You must protect the rights of people giving you their data.
- Communication: Use plain language. Tell them who you are when you request the data, Say why you are processing their data, how long it will be stored and who receives it.
- Consent: Get their clear consent to process the data. Collecting from children for social media? Check age limit for paredntal consent.
- Access and Portability: Let people access their data and give it to another company.
- Warnings: Inform people of data breaches if there is a serious risk to them.
- Erase data: Give people the ‘right to be forgotten’. Erase their personal data if they ask, but only if it doesn’t compromise freedom of expression or the ability to research.
- Profiling: If you use profiling to process applications for legally-binding agreements like loans, you must, inform your customers, make sure you have a person, not a machine checking the process if the application ends in a refusal; offer the applicant the right to contest the decision.
- Marketing: Give people the right to opt out of direct marketing that uses their data. Safeguarding sensitive data: Use extra safeguards for information on health, race, sexual orientation, religion and political beliefs.
- Data transfer outside the EU: Make legal arrangements when you transfer data to countries that have not been approved by the EU authorities.
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Best Burger in Ireland
The best burgers in Ireland can be found at the Hungry Moose in Kilkenny, a partially crowdfunded restaurant opened last December. The runner up is Handsome Burger in Galway, and Eddie Rockets is the people’s choice for best burger in a national chain. Almost 17,000 online votes were cast by the public in the competition, which was part of National Burger Day (June 21st).
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Ireland’s Top Visitor Attractions Revealed
Overall, the top five fee-charging attractions during 2017 were:
1. Guinness Storehouse - 1,711,281 (+4%)
2. Cliffs of Moher Visitor Experience – 1,527,000 (+7%)
3. Dublin Zoo – 1,264,300 (+10%)
4. National Aquatic Centre – 1,099,756 (+6%)
5. Book of Kells - 983,410 (+10%)

Ireland’s top ‘free to enter’ attractions for 2017 were:
1. The National Gallery of Ireland – 1,065,929 (+41%)
2. Castletown House Parklands – 666,541
3. Glendalough Site – 639,826
4. National Botanic Gardens – 569,652 (-2%)
5. DLR LexIcon (Dun Laoighaire Rathdown) – 525,708 (+12%)
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Ireland a winner at the The Group Travel Awards in London
Ireland has been voted winner of the ‘Best European Destination for Groups’ Titanic Belfast came runner-up in the ‘Best European Attraction for Groups’
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Travel and Tourism Statistics
The following table shows trips made to Ireland from January to April 2018, compared with the same period in 2017 and also indicates where the visitors came from. more>>

Travel News

Construction of a new Visitor Discovery Centre commences at Ireland West Airport
Work on the construction of a new innovative and state of the art Visitor Discovery Centre has commenced at Ireland West Airport. Construction of the new Centre is expected to take up to 16 weeks with planned completion towards the end of September.
The new Centre will be a central resource for information on attractions, activities, events and visitor experiences from across the region.
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Air Canada inaugurates non-stop seasonal service between Shannon and Toronto
Air Canada inaugurated its non-stop seasonal service between Shannon and its Toronto hub, Toronto Pearson International Airport on Saturday 2 June. The new route will be operate four flights per week until 13 October 2018.
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Cork Airport Welcomes Inaugural Air France Flight
Cork Airport and Air France celebrated the launch of a new daily service between Cork and Paris Charles de Gaulle. The daily flight is operated by Air France Hop! using Embraer 170 aircraft, carrying up to 76 passengers.
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Aer Lingus Regional’s Cork To Cornwall Route Returns With Extended Summer Service
The Cork—Cornwall Newquay link will operate twice weekly, on Wednesdays and Saturdays, from 9 May to 6 October this year.
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Dublin Airport Welcomes First Direct Flight To Beijing
Dublin Airport is delighted welcome the launch of Hainan Airlines’ new direct service to Beijing. The year-round service is Dublin Airport’s first ever direct route to mainland China which is a major milestone for the entire Irish economy. Hainan will operate Dublin to Beijing direct with an Airbus A330 aircraft on Tuesdays and Saturdays and via Edinburgh on Thursdays and Sundays.
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New express service between Newry and Dublin Airport/Dublin City
Bus Éireann, in conjunction with Translink, is introducing a new express route between Newry, Dublin Airport and Dublin City. Expressway route X5 will have 12 return services a day between Newry and Dublin, and starts operating Sunday, June 10th.
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Events Summer 2018

Laya Healthcare's City Spectacular
6th - 8th July - Merrion Square, Dublin.
14th - 15th July - Fitzgerald Park, Cork.
The festival runs over 3 days in Dublin and 2 days in Cork, showcasing the best in international street performers, the world's leading living statue artists, free family activities, delicious street food from around the world as well as a pet area with charity partner the DSPCA. Entry is 100% FREE!
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Galway International Arts Festival
16th - 29th July
The 2018 programme for GIAF features an exciting Irish and international mix of theatre, opera, and dance (six world premieres, five Irish premieres), comedy, circus, music, spectacle, and visual art. As well as our First Thought Talks series featuring interviews and discussions on the theme of Home, featuring artists and theatre makers from across the world.
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Dublin Horse Show
8th - 12th August
The Dublin Horse Show takes place in August and it's one of Ireland's biggest annual sporting and social events which attracts over 100,000 visitors both domestic and foreign.
From live music and family entertainment, fashion events, a shopping village, restaurants, bars and snack areas to experience the best in national and international show jumping from, you won't want to miss out.
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Carlow Garden Trail
Open all year round
The Carlow Garden Trail currently features 21 different gardening attractions with an additional three gardens in the surrounding counties of Kildare and Wexford. The trail includes great old gardens that have been lovingly restored and maintained throughout the years, and smaller gardens which are maturing beautifully with time.
Award winning garden centres and forest parks complement the joy of a visit here. The Carlow Garden Trail ranges from small to very large gardens, garden centres and forest parks and from old to new, so there is something to stimulate both the novice and experienced gardener. Known for its mild and temperate climate, County Carlow in Ireland’s sunny South East is the ideal destination for your gardening trip.
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Recipe

Lemon Meringue Ice Cream Cake
This looks and tastes so good people will never believe it only takes 20 minutes to put together.
Prep: 20 - 30 mins (plus at least 4 hours freezing time)
Serves 8

Method
1. Line the base of a 20cm round springform cake tin with greaseproof paper. Cut the Madeira cake into 1cm slices and use to line the base of the tin. Fill in the gaps between the slices with small pieces of cake.
2. Break the meringues into pieces and put into a large bowl. Tip in all the crème fraîche and fold together. Dollop large spoonfuls of the meringue mixture and lemon curd into the tin. Don’t stir. Spread level with a palette knife, then tap the tin on the counter surface to make sure the mixture is packed down. Freeze for at least 4 hours.
3. When ready to serve, remove the cake from the tin and put on a serving plate. Decorate with red summer berries.

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