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WITH Shannon Airport enjoying an excellent year, it might be assumed that tourism businesses in the nearby area are also, but the reality is more complex. Maurice Walsh is General Manager of Durty Nelly’s in Bunratty, and he said the local night time economy has gone missing. “Bunratty is flying at the moment, but at night time there’s nobody in the village after 9.30,, that’s where it’s falling down. There seems to be decent enough footfall during the day but we don’t have anything in the village after that, there’s no accommodation down this side.” He said that the summer of 2024 certainly won’t go down as a vintage season. “It will be back on other years, though it’s strong during the day, it’s weak at night and the weather hasn’t helped. The Castle does seem to be getting decent numbers, but having that said there would have been two banquets a night and now there is just one most …
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