UK law firm Browne Jacobson is opening its first overseas office in Dublin.
Growth in Irish tourism may plateau next summer – because pent-up consumer demand, deferred hotel bookings and household savings accumulated during the pandemic will have subsided by 2023, Eoghan O’Mara Walsh, chief executive of the Irish Tourism Industry Confederation (ITIC), has warned.
Last Tuesday, the longest day of the year, Michael Coyne was standing in his gastropub in the coastal village of Cill Chiaráin in the Connemara Gaeltacht, looking out at six Galway hookers at Kilkieran pier. At this time of year, the Galway businessman would normally be explaining the game of hurling to overseas tourists in the traditional pub, with its tiled floor and old tobacco ads.