They said it uses the findings of its research to continually refine its marketing programmes overseas, in order to grow the value of inbound tourism for economies and communities across the island.

Since the scandal emerged, Minister for the Arts Patrick O’Donovan has said is among issues that have caused “huge embarrassment” to his department in recent times

The Irish pub as an institution is the bedrock of our community and culture and is an "absolute bedrock" of our tourism industry, says VFI chief executive Pat Crotty.

The announcement will now take place on January 23rd

Licence fee sales dropped during a major financial scandal at RTÉ.

Wednesday is the most popular English-language TV series on Netflix

A Department of Finance official expressed concern at the spending ‘on discretionary items such as flowers’ during cutback efforts.