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<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Business ETC]]></title>
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<updated>2013-05-20T07:29:52+01:00</updated>
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<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Increase in trips to Ireland ‘a positive start’ to the year]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/tourism-figures-cso-2013-847445-Mar2013/" ></link>
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<updated>2013-05-20T07:29:52+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[Latest figures from the CSO have shown that nearly 1.2 million people travelled to Ireland from December 2012 to February 2013.]]></summary>
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<author><name>Paul Hyland</name>
<url>http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/author/paul-hyland/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[New iconic sites to go green for St Patrick’s Day]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/new-iconic-sites-to-go-green-for-st-patricks-day-793894-Feb2013/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:cfb3111e-0187-98f7-15c3-5c975c08116e</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://www.thejournal.ie/new-iconic-sites-to-go-green-for-st-patricks-day-793894-Feb2013/#comments</link>
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<updated>2013-05-20T07:29:52+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[For the first time ever, Christ the Redeemer, the Pyramids of Giza, the ‘Welcome’ sign in Las Vegas and the Little Mermaid statue will all go green on 17 March.]]></summary>
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<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="St Patrick's Day" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Tourism Ireland" />
<author><name>Amy Croffey</name>
<url>http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/author/amy-croffey/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Tourism Ireland aims to get more Russians to visit here]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/russian-tourism-ireland-781879-Feb2013/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:d4448d5c-7c9f-0e63-0e6d-ccb20d4a2cc4</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://www.thejournal.ie/russian-tourism-ireland-781879-Feb2013/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://www.thejournal.ie/russian-tourism-ireland-781879-Feb2013/feed/</link>
<updated>2013-05-20T07:29:52+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[Trade mission lands in Moscow and St Petersburg to raise awareness of island’s attractions to the 24 million Russians who travel abroad annually.]]></summary>
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<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Moscow" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Russia" />
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<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Tourism Ireland" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Tourists" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Travel" />
<author><name>Susan Daly</name>
<url>http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/author/susan-daly/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Tourism Ireland wins two major marketing awards]]></title>
<link href="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/tourism-ireland-wins-two-major-marketing-awards-719994-Dec2012/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:b2512090-d3c0-81fa-f7d9-8f4e843a6490</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/tourism-ireland-wins-two-major-marketing-awards-719994-Dec2012/#comments</link>
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<updated>2013-05-20T07:29:52+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[Ideas such as a social-media-led mystery holiday won the gongs for all-island tourism body.]]></summary>
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<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Awards" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Campaigns" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="direct marketing" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="DMA" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Marketing" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Social Media" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Tourism" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Tourism Ireland" />
<author><name>Susan Daly</name>
<url>http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/author/susan-daly/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Tourism Ireland wants to increase US visitors by one-fifth by 2015]]></title>
<link href="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/tourism-ireland-make-ireland-jump-out-the-gathering-694526-Nov2012/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:fbba14c2-2858-9dd2-32e8-a94f497adcf1</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/tourism-ireland-make-ireland-jump-out-the-gathering-694526-Nov2012/#comments</link>
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<updated>2013-05-20T07:29:52+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[The Gathering and takeover of ireland.com website central to plans to get US visitors to ‘Jump Into Ireland’. ]]></summary>
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<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Australia" />
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<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Tourism Ireland" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="tourismireland1" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="UK" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="USA" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Visitors" />
<author><name>Susan Daly</name>
<url>http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/author/susan-daly/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[@ireland.com email users slam ‘disgraceful’ decision to end service ]]></title>
<link href="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/ireland-com-email-shutdown-639046-Oct2012/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:31454d1f-403f-2b53-cd74-ade19906adec</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/ireland-com-email-shutdown-639046-Oct2012/#comments</link>
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<updated>2013-05-20T07:29:52+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[Some 15,000 active users of the email facility will now have to transfer their data and set up a new email account as the service will shutdown next month. ]]></summary>
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<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Ireland.com" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Irish Times" />
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<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="URL" />
<author><name>Hugh O'Connell</name>
<url>http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/author/hugh-o'connell/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Tourism Ireland buys ‘Ireland.com’ URL from The Irish Times]]></title>
<link href="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/tourism-ireland-ireland-com-url-the-irish-times-636463-Oct2012/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:b81d14e8-3db7-cb85-9bff-51034e8d49d9</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/tourism-ireland-ireland-com-url-the-irish-times-636463-Oct2012/#comments</link>
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<updated>2013-05-20T07:29:52+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[The internet address ‘Ireland.com’ has been bought by Tourism Ireland from the Irish Times.]]></summary>
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<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Discover Ireland" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Domain names" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Holidaymakers" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Ireland.com" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="niall gibbons" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="The Irish Times" />
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<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="URL" />
<author><name>Amy Croffey</name>
<url>http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/author/amy-croffey/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Sponsorship of Emerald Isle Classic costs The Gathering over €600,000]]></title>
<link href="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/emerald-isle-classic-577522-Aug2012/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:d746035d-04be-9101-3de6-83cbed7bd503</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/emerald-isle-classic-577522-Aug2012/#comments</link>
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<updated>2013-05-20T07:29:52+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[Saturday’s game is set to be viewed by a worldwide audience of over three million people.]]></summary>
<link rel="enclosure"  type="image/jpg"  href="http://s1.jrnl.ie/media/2012/08/the-gathering-2013-230x150.jpg" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="American Football" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Aviva Stadium" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="emerald isle classic" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Fáilte Ireland" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Navy" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Notre Dame" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="the gathering" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="The Gathering Ireland 2013" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Tourism" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Tourism Ireland" />
<author><name>Paul Hyland</name>
<url>http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/author/paul-hyland/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Dublin hotel prices up 7.8 per cent]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/dublin-hotels-occupancy-levels-550267-Aug2012/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:4c84dd4e-cfcc-1dde-cf03-9e4a35c4bd7a</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://www.thejournal.ie/dublin-hotels-occupancy-levels-550267-Aug2012/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://www.thejournal.ie/dublin-hotels-occupancy-levels-550267-Aug2012/feed/</link>
<updated>2013-05-20T07:29:52+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[Occupancy levels also rising as hotel sector begins to recover from worst years of recession.]]></summary>
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<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Deloitte" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Dublin Hotels" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Kevin Sheehan" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Tourism Ireland" />
<author><name>Jody Clarke</name>
<url>http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/author/jody-clarke/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Latest visitor figures described as ‘flat’ by Tourism Ireland ]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/tourists-in-ireland-535393-Jul2012/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:f3b56948-7f85-c909-e59b-6e29daf6f01e</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://www.thejournal.ie/tourists-in-ireland-535393-Jul2012/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://www.thejournal.ie/tourists-in-ireland-535393-Jul2012/feed/</link>
<updated>2013-05-20T07:29:52+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[Three million tourists came to Ireland in the first six months of the year. ]]></summary>
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<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Discover Ireland" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Europe" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Holidays" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="North America" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Summer" />
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<author><name>Emer McLysaght</name>
<url>http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/author/emer-mclysaght/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Fewer people from Great Britain visiting Ireland]]></title>
<link href="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/fewer-people-from-great-britain-visiting-ireland-504450-Jun2012/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:f85e8e58-ce41-6d64-e515-d68864ae38e3</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/fewer-people-from-great-britain-visiting-ireland-504450-Jun2012/#comments</link>
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<updated>2013-05-20T07:29:52+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[Plus, reaction to the latest CSO figures on the number of visitors coming to Ireland. ]]></summary>
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<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Ireland" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Leo Varadkar" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="niall gibbons" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Tourism" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Tourism Ireland" />
<author><name>Sinead O'Carroll</name>
<url>http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/author/sinead-o'carroll/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Better marketing of Dublin as tourist destination could create 27,000 jobs]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/better-marketing-of-dublin-as-tourist-destination-could-create-27000-jobs-501852-Jun2012/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:7284c669-2f50-f040-d6eb-bda5d2246fc6</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://www.thejournal.ie/better-marketing-of-dublin-as-tourist-destination-could-create-27000-jobs-501852-Jun2012/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://www.thejournal.ie/better-marketing-of-dublin-as-tourist-destination-could-create-27000-jobs-501852-Jun2012/feed/</link>
<updated>2013-05-20T07:29:52+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[A report recommends closer collaboration between various stakeholders and the creation of a Dublin specific brand to market to potential overseas visitors as tourism in Dublin fell significantly in the post-Celtic Tiger years. ]]></summary>
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<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Fáilte Ireland" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Irish Tourism Industry Confederation" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Tourism" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Tourism Ireland" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Visitors" />
<author><name>Hugh O'Connell</name>
<url>http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/author/hugh-o'connell/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Fewer visits to Ireland in early 2012]]></title>
<link href="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/fewer-visits-to-ireland-in-early-2012-437140-May2012/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:c3074573-bf8f-f807-1ecd-3d21a9d2f81f</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/fewer-visits-to-ireland-in-early-2012-437140-May2012/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/fewer-visits-to-ireland-in-early-2012-437140-May2012/feed/</link>
<updated>2013-05-20T07:29:52+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[Meanwhile, Irish residents made 2.5 per cent fewer visits between January and March.]]></summary>
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<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Holidays" />
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<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Travel" />
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<author><name>Susan Ryan</name>
<url>http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/author/susan-ryan/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Pessimistic, boastful but loves a drink: what Lonely Planet says about Ireland ]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/pessimistic-boastful-but-loves-a-drink-what-lonely-planet-says-about-ireland-326313-Jan2012/" ></link>
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<updated>2013-05-20T07:29:52+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[The tenth edition of the famed travel guide has some familiar themes… ]]></summary>
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<author><name>Hugh O'Connell</name>
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<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Number of overseas visitors to Ireland up for the first time in four years  ]]></title>
<link href="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/number-of-overseas-visitors-to-ireland-up-for-the-first-time-in-four-years-315643-Dec2011/" ></link>
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<updated>2013-05-20T07:29:52+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[The Irish Tourist Industry Confederation said the number of overseas visitors to Ireland had risen this past year. ]]></summary>
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<author><name>Hugh O'Connell</name>
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<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Tourism figures rise significantly despite economic troubles]]></title>
<link href="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/tourism-figures-rise-significantly-despite-economic-troubles-312203-Dec2011/" ></link>
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<updated>2013-05-20T07:29:52+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[More people visited Ireland this year than in 2010 – and they also spent more money.]]></summary>
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<author><name>Michael Freeman</name>
<url>http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/author/michael-freeman/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Good news: number of people visiting Ireland increased this summer ]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/good-news-number-of-people-visiting-ireland-increased-this-summer-234458-Sep2011/" ></link>
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<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://www.thejournal.ie/good-news-number-of-people-visiting-ireland-increased-this-summer-234458-Sep2011/#comments</link>
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<updated>2013-05-20T07:29:52+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[Although, the number of Irish people going overseas in the summer months has fallen by over 5 per cent in the last two years. ]]></summary>
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<author><name>Hugh O'Connell</name>
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<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[They ‘Like’ us: Irish tourism sites have over half-a-million Facebook fans]]></title>
<link href="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/they-like-us-irish-tourism-sites-have-over-half-a-million-facebook-fans-231879-Sep2011/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:46147c51-738a-323f-6b15-21c5fcd02c42</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/they-like-us-irish-tourism-sites-have-over-half-a-million-facebook-fans-231879-Sep2011/#comments</link>
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<updated>2013-05-20T07:29:52+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[Tourism Ireland believes its social media presence is crucial in attracting holidaymakers to Ireland. ]]></summary>
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<author><name>Hugh O'Connell</name>
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<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Poll: Do you think Ireland is good value for tourists?]]></title>
<link href="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/poll-do-you-think-ireland-is-good-value-for-tourists-205906-Aug2011/" ></link>
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<updated>2013-05-20T07:29:52+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[A survey has found that while more Irish people still holiday abroad than have a ‘staycation’, most believe that Ireland is increasingly a good-value tourist destination. Do you agree?]]></summary>
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<author><name>Susan Daly</name>
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</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Ireland wins US travel magazine award for top European destination]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/ireland-wins-us-travel-magazine-award-for-top-european-destination-151251-Jun2011/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:5189a837-4710-fa1a-1197-615eb8ac4125</id>
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<updated>2013-05-20T07:29:52+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[Ireland beat France and Britain to take award for highest-satisfaction European destination by industry magazine readers.]]></summary>
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<author><name>Susan Ryan</name>
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<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Tourism trade mission bids to attract Asia-Pacific visitors]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/tourism-trade-mission-bids-to-attract-asia-pacific-visitors-134922-May2011/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:9bc91ca2-41ba-d6b8-8931-4d6b4c39fe1d</id>
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<updated>2013-05-20T07:29:52+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[Tourism Ireland will lead a delegation on a five-day ‘sales blitz’ as the government confirms a temporary visa waiver scheme.]]></summary>
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<author><name>Gavan Reilly</name>
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<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[McAleese expected to defend corporation tax rate]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/mcaleese-expected-to-defend-corporation-tax-rate-129794-May2011/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:38dc5bf2-f2b7-2369-a335-545400309df3</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://www.thejournal.ie/mcaleese-expected-to-defend-corporation-tax-rate-129794-May2011/#comments</link>
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<updated>2013-05-20T07:29:52+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[The president has previously said Ireland’s corporation tax policy is “not up for negotiation” – and is expected to reiterate that message at a meeting with business leaders during her official visit to the Netherlands.]]></summary>
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<author><name>Jennifer Wade</name>
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