Tourist Numbers On The Up

The number of tourists visiting Ireland was up by almost 12% in the first half of the year.

New figures from the CSO show that almost 3.9 million tourists came here during that time.

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Tourism Ireland says it was the best ever January to June period for overseas visitors to Ireland.

Visitors from North America were up almost 15% on the first half of 2014 and tourist numbers from mainland Europe up 13%.