Great news for the Parish. Donegal has been named the fourth best region in the world to visit next year, according to Lonely Planet. Placing ahead of the likes of Southern Thailand, the Swahili Coast in Tanzania and Montana in the United States, Donegal sits proudly near the top end of the esteemed list for […]

2 years ago

A new list ranks the capital on the lower end of the very best in the world, but the people are sound. Hey, remember a few weeks ago when renowned travel bible Lonely Planet threw Dublin under the bus? If you missed it, a feature that was originally published in March was updated to reflect […]

4 years ago

How many of these have you had a pint in? Ireland is renowned all over the world for its pubs and is home to a reported 7,000 of them. In fact, given the sheer amount of taverns, one imagines it would be quite hard to select just a small few to single out as being […]

4 years ago

It said Dublin’s plans to “pedestrianise parts” of the city had played a role in its selection. Lonely Planet is pretty much the world’s authority when it comes to all things travel, trip and holiday related, so when it makes a recommendation, it carries significant weight. So it’s good news for Dublin that it has […]

4 years ago

Looking for travel ideas post-lockdown? As restrictions continue to ease across Ireland we’re all on the lookout for some spots to travel to once the health situation allows it. Lonely Planet and Sony Mobile have teamed up to create a list of the less-frequented tourist spots around Ireland which you may consider for your post-pandemic […]

5 years ago

There’ll be no talking to them in Achill after this. The idyllic Keem Bay in Achill Island in Mayo has been ranked among the best beaches in the world by influential travel publication, Lonely Planet. No stranger to international acclaim, Keem Bay was included on the publication’s best beaches in Europe at the number 18 […]

5 years ago