Ireland’s eye: Happenings around the Auld Sod

This week's stories from around the counties: Violence among women up in recession, government helps teenagers deal with depression, but teenage drinking on the rise, and Sligo hoteliers need help as tourist numbers down...

Published Wednesday, October 28, 2009, 1:43 PM

Updated Wednesday, October 28, 2009, 2:42 PM

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The IHF is calling on the government to extend, as a matter of urgency, the current free travel scheme for Irish citizens aged 66 to all EU citizens in this age group. Such a decisive action would provide a major boost to attempts to halt the collapse of the British tourist market for Ireland, and would encourage many within this sector of nine million people to avail of the low cost access fares to Ireland and the fantastic value packages available in Irish hotels and guesthouses.

"Retired people have the time, discretionary income and inclination to travel and we should position ourselves to benefit from this growing market. By providing free internal travel within Ireland, it would give us an added attraction and advantage in this segment of the tourism market," says O'Donovan.

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