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Monday 21 September 2020
Lonely Planet describes Galway as “brilliantly bohemian”.
It might have a love/hate reputation among Irish people, but the dish has proven a hit internationally.
That’s according to the latest edition of Lonely Planet’s Best in Travel.
The drives join Hawaii’s Hana Highway and Vietnam’s Ho Chi Minh Road as well as the iconic Route 66 in the US.
The popular travel guide describes the area as “perhaps Ireland’s most charismatically wild and emerald stretch of coastline”.
Three cities make the top 10.
Estonia comes up top.
An Offaly power plant, Dublin as a tourist destination and Alan Kelly in the third person… all the day’s big stories
Lonely Planet is telling people to come to Dublin. And here’s why…
Sites in Meath, Clare, Tipperary and Antrim all got on the list.
*according to Lonely Planet, anyway.
It has been named as one of the best new tourist attractions.
Everybody’s talking about Irish Water, the apology to Justin Timberlake and how Ireland is a top spot for visitors next year…
We actually came in fifth spot in the top 10 best countries to visit in 2015… Not too shabby at all.
The Cromane Peninsula in County Kerry and Kavanagh’s pub in Glasnevin have both made the cut.
That’s what the Lonely Planet guide would tell you to do in Ireland, anyway.
Here are all the things we learned, loved and shared today.
Dublin has been named as one of the top five places in the world to welcome in the New Year – but what are the other locations?
The Northern Ireland city has been chosen as the UK’s City of Culture next year. Find out where else made the cut…
5 stories, 5 minutes, 5 o’clock…
The latest edition of the Lonely Planet guidebook on Ireland claims we are “pessimistic to the core” but what do you think?
The tenth edition of the famed travel guide has some familiar themes…
Lonely Planet survey recommends that visitors to Ireland give the famous kissing stone a miss…
PUBS OUTSIDE DUBLIN that don’t serve food will be permitted to open today for the first time since March.
Strict measures will be in place: customers will not be able to sit at or order at the bar, and groups will be limited to six people from three different households, with distancing of at least one metre between each table.
If a pub can implement a distance of two metres, the 105-minute time limit for customers can be waived. All customers are to be off the premises by 11.30pm.
Amidst a rising number of cases in counties around the country, Professor Philip Nolan told RTÉ’s Morning Ireland that although people outside of Dublin can go to the pub, “the question is should you, and how often”.
So, with that in mind, will you go to a ‘wet’ pub this week?
Poll Results:
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Some sun; fog early in the day
Max: 19 °C
Min: 10 °C
Mostly cloudy with a couple of showers
Max: 17 °C
Min: 7 °C
Clouds and sun with a shower
Max: 13 °C
Min: 6 °C
