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TRANSPORT

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• CIE (Iarnród Éireann, Dublin Bus and Bus Éireann)
  Most rail and bus services within Ireland are provided by companies in the CIE Group. These include Iarnród Éireann, Dublin Bus and Bus Éireann. Within our group of companies, we also have Ireland's most successful coach tour operator  - www.cietours.ie.

• Traveline
  The UK's No 1 website for impartial information on planning your journey, by bus, coach or train... or any combination of the three.

• Belfast International Airport
  Belfast International Airport is located centrally within Northern Ireland and is also convenient to the border regions of the Republic of Ireland.  Belfast city centre is just 20 minutes away by car, whilst the historical city of Londonderry in the North West is approximately 1hr 25 minutes away by car.

• George Best Belfast City Airport
  The airport is located on the A2, Sydenham By Pass road between Belfast and Holywood, on the southern shore of Belfast Lough.

• Fly Belfast City
  Flybelfastcity.com is owned and operated by the Online Regional Travel Group. This web site has been designed specifically for business and leisure travellers flying to and from Belfast City Airport.

• Dublin Airport
  Not only is Dublin Airport Ireland's busiest airport it is also amongst the ten busiest airports in Europe.  Dublin Airport manages an average of 60,000 passengers per day, rising to 80,000 during the peak season, and more than 600 aircrafts movements every day.

• City of Derry Airport
  The City of Derry airport has scheduled flights to London, Glasgow International, Liverpool, East Midlands, Glasgow Prestwick and Dublin. It also has summer charter flights to Majorca, Lanzarote, Salou and Portugal and will carry over 350,000 passengers in 2006.
  
  

• Stena Line
  Stena Line is an international transport and travel service company and one of the world's largest ferry operators.

• Norfolkline
  We can now offer the best in service transfers from the UK to both the North and South of Ireland with our Irish Sea ferry services from Liverpool to both Belfast and Dublin.

• P & O Irish Sea
  P&O European Ferries (Irish Sea) was formed in 1998 by the merger of the Cairnryan-based service of P&O European (Felixstowe) Ltd. and Pandoro Ltd. who operated the routes from Ardrossan - Larne, Fleetwood - Larne, Liverpool - Dublin and Rosslare - Cherbourg.

• Irish Ferries
  Irish Ferries is Ireland’s leading ferry company carrying passengers and freight between Ireland, Great Britain and Continental Europe.

• British Airways
  British Airways is a full service global airline, offering year-round low fares with an extensive global route network flying to and from centrally located airports.

• British Midland
  bmi are the award winning UK airline, providing cheap flights from the UK to Europe, Middle East and the USA.
  
  
• Easyjet
  To provide our customers with safe, good value, point-to-point air services.
  
  
• FlyBe
  With a choice of 22 UK airports to fly from, Flybe more than any other airline is bringing the UK and Europe closer to you. Our high frequency schedule, of up to 9 flights a day, means travelling with Flybe couldn’t be more convenient.
  
  
• Jet2
  Our aim is to be the safest, most responsive and reliable operator of low cost services in Europe.
  
  
• Ryanair
  Ryanair was Europe's original low fares airline and is still Europe's largest low fares carrier. In the current year Ryanair will carry over 42m passengers on 465 low fare routes across 25 European countries.

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TOURISM

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• Belfast Visitor & Convention Bureau
  The BVCB is the lead organisation responsible for the promotion of Belfast as a conference and tourism destination.

• Northern Ireland Tourist Board
  If you are involved in Northern Ireland tourism or interested in the latest activities of the Northern Ireland Tourist Board, this is your website. 
  
  

• The National Trust
  The National Trust has been active in Northern Ireland since 1936. In total, 63 Northern Irish places, covering around 120 square kilometres of scenic local countryside and around 200 kilometres of the outstanding Northern Ireland coastline, are under National Trust care.
  
  
• Belfast City Online
  Belfast City Online offers a comprehensive guide to Belfast and enables access to a range of services for citizens, visitors and the business community in Belfast.

• Go to Belfast
  Welcome to the official visitor information & accommodation reservation web site for Belfast. You can use this site to find visitor information on a range of topics such as events, transport, tours, museums, restaurants, pubs and clubs.

• Discover Northern Ireland
  The body responsible for the development, promotion and marketing of Northern Ireland as a tourist destination.

• Derry Visitor & Convention Bureau
  The Bureau promotes the city and its hinterland as a tourist and conference destination as well as providing a complete package of visitor services.

• Causeway Coast & Antrim Glens
  The Causeway Coast and Antrim Glens has all the ingredients you'll ever need for a fabulous escape.  There's so much that you'll never fit it in to a single trip.

• Fermanagh Lakeland Tourism
  Fermanagh Lakeland Tourism, established in 1999, is a Regional Tourism Organisation responsible for marketing the lakeland area. It is driven by the local industry in partnership with NITB and Fermanagh District Council.

• Armagh & Down Tourism Partnership
  The Armagh Down Tourism Partnership is a new regional tourism partnership and a new brand for a corner of Ireland which is steeped in history, tradition, myth and heritage.

• Dublin Tourism
  We are the official tourist board for Dublin, with responsibility for the marketing and promotion of tourism in the Dublin region.

• Discover Ireland
  Discover Ireland is the agency responsible for marketing the island of Ireland overseas as a holiday destination.

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ACCOMMODATION

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• Northern Ireland Self-Catering Holiday Association (NISCHA)
  NISCHA - the ‘one stop site’ for self-catering holidays in Northern Ireland. The Association is recognised as the voice of the sector by the Northern Ireland Tourist Board (NITB) and within its brochure lists the contact details for all registered self catering establishments in Northern Ireland.

• Northern Ireland Hotels Federation
  The Northern Ireland Hotels Federation is a not-for-profit limited company representing the hospitality sector in Northern Ireland.
  
  
• Rural Cottages
  Whether you want to explore coast or glen, be active on land or sea, or simply rest and relax, Cottages in Ireland have the ideal accommodation for you.

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ENTERTAINMENT VENUES

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• The Waterfront Hall
  The Waterfront Hall is one of Belfast’s major entertainment venues. It has the flexibility to accommodate a wide variety of arts and entertainments, promotional events, concerts and sporting attractions.
  
  

• The Kings Hall
  The King's Hall Exhibition & Conference Centre is Northern Ireland largest and most versatile exhibition, conference & event venue offering over 10,000 square metres of exhibition space, conference capacity for 1000 delegates and a banqueting facility for 2000 guests.
  

• The Grand Opera House
  You can visit us to purchase tickets, see a show or grab a bite to eat in our new spacious foyer. New front of house facilities have improved access for all our patrons, making a trip to one of the UK and Ireland's most loved theatres even more enjoyable.

• The Odyssey
  Odyssey is a multi-functional entertainment and educational venue situated at Queen’s Quay, Belfast. The venue offers an indoor Arena which is the home of the Belfast Giants Ice Hockey Team; the Pavilion, which features the multiplex Storm Cinemas, ten-pin bowling, an IMAX® Cinema and a range of restaurants, bars and leisure facilities; W5 – an interactive discovery centre.

• The Ulster Orchestra
  The Ulster Orchestra, based in Belfast, is a cornerstone of cultural life in Northern Ireland.

• Castleward Opera
  Castleward Opera was founded in 1985 in a coach house belonging to Castle Ward – the National Trust Estate on the edge of Strangford Lough.

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LOCAL HISTORY/CULTURE

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• Titanic Built in Belfast
  This innovative museum website is dedicated to Titanic and her birth in Belfast. The most famous ship in history is pictured and interpreted through our unique and internationally important Titanic collections.
  
  

• Linenhall Library
  Visitors are always welcome to visit the Linen Hall - to browse the collections, take in an exhibition or just relax with a newspaper in the coffee shop. So whether you are engaged in serious artistic or cultural research or simply seeking relaxation, head to the Linen Hall.
  

• Culture Northern Ireland
  Culture Northern Ireland is an online cultural atlas of Northern Ireland, covering music, literature, sport, heritage, dance, theatre, fashion and the visual arts. It is a joint internet initiative of the Nerve Centre, in Derry, and the Linen Hall Library, in Belfast, funded by the Department of Culture, Arts and Leisure (DCAL).

• Ulster American Folk Park
  The Ulster American Folk Park is an open-air museum in Co Tyrone, Northern Ireland. The museum tells the story of emigration from Ulster to America in the 18th & 19th centuries and provides visitors with a "living history" experience on its outdoor site.

• Ulster Folk & Transport Museum
  Voted Irish Museum of the Year, the museum illustrates the way of life and the traditions of the people of the North of Ireland.

• Ulster Museum
  Belfast’s museum situated at Botanic Gardens, Belfast.

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MEDIA

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• BBC
  It provides a wide range of distinctive programmes and services for everyone, free of commercial interests and political bias. They include television, radio, national, local, childrens’, educational, language and other services for key interest groups.

• UTV
  The UTV Group is one of the most successful media companies in the UK and Ireland incorporating Television, Radio and New Media.

• UTV Weather
  Local weather provided by UTV.

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LOCAL NEWSPAPERS

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• Belfast Telegraph
  Each day our team of television newscasters, Belfast Telegraph reporters and specialist correspondents will bring you the best in local news.

• Irish News
  As a regional morning newspaper, the Irish News enjoys a unique reputation for the quality delivery of news to our readers in Northern Ireland and beyond.

• The Newsletter
  The News Letter, now in its fourth century of continuous publication, has come a long way since it first saw the light of day in 1737. Initially a weekly paper, it became daily in 1855 and although some other newspapers originated before 1737, the News Letter is distinguished by its continuity of publication and retention of the original title.

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LOCAL GOVERNMENT ORGANISATIONS

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• Belfast City Council
  Belfast City Council’s website.

• Belfast City Council Events
  Belfast City Council's detailed section about what's on in Belfast.
  
  
• Ordnance Survey of Northern Ireland (OSNI)
  An agency within the Department of Culture, Arts and Leisure. Their mission is to place OSNI's data at the heart of a vibrant Northern Ireland.

• Belfast City Centre Management
  Belfast City Centre Management Company is a public/private partnership, which draws together key stakeholders from both the private and public sector, to provide a united and common approach to continually improving and regenerating Belfast.

• Travelwise NI
  Travelwise NI is a Roads Service initiative to encourage the use of sustainable transport options such as walking, cycling, public transport or car sharing. Travelwise NI is delivered in partnership with the Department of Education, DOE Road Safety Branch, Sustrans, Health Promotion Agency and Translink.

• Department for Regional Development
  The Department for Regional Development (DRD) is one of 11 Northern Ireland Departments created in 1999 by the Departments (Northern Ireland) Order 1999. The Minister for Regional Development has overall political responsibility and accountability for all our activities.

• Health Promotion Agency
  The Health Promotion Agency for Northern Ireland (HPA) was set up in 1990 as a special agency of the Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety (DHSSPS). We are accountable to the Minister responsible for Health.

• Sustrans
  Sustrans is the UK's leading sustainable transport charity. Our vision is a world in which people can choose to travel in ways that benefit their health and the environment. Every day we are working on practical, innovative ways of dealing with the transport challenges that affect us all.

• Local District Councils
  Link to the Northern Ireland Civil Service page which lists and provides links to all of the local councils.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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