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PHOTOS: Businesses Learn More About ‘Taste The Island’ Initiative At Workshop

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Attending the Fáilte Ireland ‘Taste The Island ‘ workshops were from left, Mairead Moriarty, Listowel Food Fair, Leonie Flaherty, The Ashe & Manor West Hotels, Tralee, Declan Murphy, Fáilte Ireland, Marie Galvin, Ballygarry House Hotel and Joan McCarthy, Tourism Officer, Kerry County Council. Photo:Valerie O’Sullivan

OVER 50 businesses and individuals from Kerry, today attended Fáilte Ireland’s ‘Taste the Island’ workshop in the Great Southern Killarney Hotel.

This is part of a series of workshops taking place across Ireland over the next number of weeks to develop a strong programme of food and drink experiences that can be included in the Taste the Island initiative.

The workshops have been organised for the industry to learn more and provide them with the opportunity to shape the development of a programme.

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The new initiative, Taste the Island, will showcase Ireland’s world-class food and drink culture across the island of Ireland from September to November by providing visitors with access to authentic food and drink experiences, high quality local ingredients and world class Irish food and drink produce.

Commenting at the workshop in Kerry’s Great Southern Killarney Hotel, Tracey Coughlan, Fáilte Ireland’s Food Tourism – Strategy and Programmes Manager, said:  “The range and quality of food and drink businesses and experiences that we met at the workshop here in the Great Southern Killarney Hotel in Kerry today are really world class and have the potential to drive a lot more tourists to this area. We know that there is scope for growth around food and drink for tourists and aligned with our world-famous seascapes and landscapes, we have an incredibly strong offering to motivate tourists to visit here.

“Taste the Island is designed to showcase Ireland’s fantastic food and drink across September, October and November and I look forward to seeing some really strong ideas coming out of today’s workshop. What’s really important now is that people submit their proposals outlining what they are going to do for Taste the Island for what’s shaping up to be chock full season of food festivals and events all showcasing our world class produce.”

A new Toolkit guide is now available at www.failteireland.ie/tastetheisland on how the industry can deliver and maximise the opportunities in food and drink tourism. Scroll down for photos… 

Attending the Fáilte Ireland ‘Taste The Island ‘ workshops were from left, Chad Byrne, Brehon Hotel, Niamh Sheahan, J.M.Reidy’s, Danielle Favier, Fáilte Ireland, Shane Spillane, The Moorings, Portmagee. Photo: Valerie O’Sullivan
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Attending the Fáilte Ireland ‘Taste The Island ‘ workshops were from left, Ollie Favier, the Shire, Tracey Coughlan, Fáilte Ireland, Mairead Moriarty, Listowel Food Fair. Photo: Valerie O’Sullivan
Attending the Fáilte Ireland ‘Taste The Island ‘ workshops were from left, Maria Melia, Dept. of Tourism and Transport, Tracey Coughlan, Fáilte Ireland, Karen Coakley, Kenmare Foodie, Brendan Keehan, Dept. of Tourism and Transport. Photo:Valerie O’Sullivan
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Attending the Fáilte Ireland ‘Taste The Island ‘ workshops were from left, Mike O’Sullivan, Randles Hotel, Ciara O’Callaghan, Dromhall Hotel, Cyrille Durand, Dromhall Hotel, Katie Graham, Sol Y Sombra, and Tracey Coughlan, Fáilte Ireland. Photo: Valerie O’Sullivan
Attending the Fáilte Ireland ‘Taste The Island ‘ workshops were from left, P.J.Hartnett, Food Team Fáilte Ireland, Bill Shepherd, Antarctic Kerryman, Aileen Crean-O’Brien, Tom Crean Fish&Wine, Kenmare and Eileen Ashe, Annascaul Black Pudding. Photo: Valerie O’Sullivan
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Attending the Fáilte Ireland ‘Taste The Island ‘ workshops were from left, Danielle Favier, Fáilte Ireland, Áirne Dowling, Fáilte Ireland, Rene Dooley, Fâilte Ireland, Valerie Steinbeck, Gleneagle Hotel, Ashley Dunlea, The Lake Hotel and Sheila O’Callaghan, The Lake Hotel. Photo:Valerie O’Sullivan