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Thursday 26 November 2020
Today’s pilot online ceremony is one of the first of its kind in Europe.
Such ceremonies were put on hold after a High Court ruling in July.
They come here under the Irish Refugee Protection Programme.
“Nineteen series of this!?”
Everywhere bar the border region and midlands recorded an increase in overseas visitors last year.
“It was the proudest day of my life. Honestly.”
Over 3,000 people from over 120 countries attended the citizenship ceremonies.
There were 8,919,700 million visits to Ireland up to the end of November, an 11% increase compared to the same period in 2015.
Latest figures show a million people visited the country in October, alone.
“If it says ‘road closed’ just plough on”
Crystal bowls feature heavily.
Tourism in Ireland is worth over €7 billion for the first time ever.
Did your area make the cut?
Including the top spot. Ah go ‘way.
Including the top spot. Ah go ‘way.
Joan Burton says initial refugees would be followed later by their families.
Richardt Strauss and Olly Hodges were also granted citizenship today.
The Irish flyweight is gearing up for the 3Arena on 24 October.
The new tourism programme aims to attract 600,000 overseas visitors.
As of today, the country has 2,700 new citizens.
Meanwhile, a Syrizan minister got TWO standing ovations at Sinn Féin’s Ard Fheis.
Some 172,000 new applications were received in 2014.
Several politicians, ambassadors and business people are set to meet in Dublin today.
The equivalent of 469 million pints in Temple Bar overall.
Charlie Chawke has said he only employs Irish workers as front-of-house staff.
Good to be back.
It’s really rather touching.
Visitors from Great Britain, the US and the rest of the world all climbed by double digit percentages.
Leo Varadkar says that the funds are not there and those expressing interest will be asked if they would be able to meet some or all of the capital costs.
The tourism industry says this was the best year for tourism in Ireland since the recession began.
It is the second year in a row that Ireland has won the award from Global Traveler magazine.
Dublin and Cork also made the top 20 but Kilkenny was the only Irish city to crack the top 10.
Research by the World Economic Forum says we’re still among the most welcoming countries in the world for visitors.
Our selection of a few other controversial and divisive visits to Ireland from past years – all with lesser impact on Dublin traffic.
Three European heavyweights are set to travel to Dublin this summer for the inaugural edition of the Dublin Super Cup.
THE GREYHOUND RACING industry has been put in the spotlight again this week, the Social Democrats put forward a motion proposing to end State funding of the sector.
Writing for TheJournal.ie this week, TD Holly Cairns explained that greyhound racing in Ireland will receive €19.2m in public funding next year – an increase of €2.4m on 2020.
Last year, an RTÉ investigation claimed that almost 6,000 greyhounds were killed for not racing fast enough in 2017.
But advocates for the sector have claimed it supports thousands of jobs and that annual Government funding represents an economic investment.
So, today we’re asking: Should the Government stop funding greyhound racing?
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