Ireland's Great Stalactite to become tourist draw
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What is billed as one of the world's largest free-standing stalactites is set to become a major tourist attraction in Ireland after authorities finally gave the go-ahead to develop the cave where it hangs.
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Aficionados of the storied highway hope that the restoration of a famous stop for travelers will anchor a revival of motel culture and tourism.
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Members of NI's business community are heading to Stormont where industrial rates are to be discussed.
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If doubt and indecision plague your travel dreams, Cork may be the cure. Not only is this southern port wearing the green of Ireland, it is serving as the European Cultural Capital throughout the year 2005.
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By Bob Cuddy, The Tribune, San Luis Obispo, Calif.  Jun. 18--The rolling hills that help entice tourists to the North Coast may or may not end up with "starter castles" or other structures on their ridgelines.
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Festival officials in the southern Irish city of Cork, official host of the European Capital of Culture for 2005, are planning to kick off the event in January with the most daring outdoor performance ever ...
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Ireland gears up to crown the "Rose of Tralee" at a world-famous beauty pageant that celebrates Irish culture.
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The World Heritage Committee will soon pick another list of natural and human-made wonders most in need of protection
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A defunct railway on the Far West Side is a construction site these days but from it, a park in the sky will emerge.
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SALISBURY, England  - Whoever built Stonehenge,  the 5,000-year-old circle of megaliths that towers over green  fields in southern England and lures a million visitors a year,  couldn't have planned for the automobile.
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Astronomers expect a spectacular display of the Northern Lights in Irish skies tonight.
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Weeks or months of occasional steam blasts and possibly some eruptions of fresh volcanic rock and ash are the most likely scenario at Mount St.
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Â· South African find is twice as big as the Cullinan Â· Expert predicts feverish bidding on huge stone
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This old mining town in the northeast of England used to be a grimy industrial wasteland. Now it's becoming a gleaming cultural center and -- who would have thought it? -- tourist destination
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MOUNT ST. HELENS NATIONAL MONUMENT, Wash. -- With scientists predicting that an increase in seismic activity could result in an imminent volcanic eruption
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STRAFFAN, Ireland -- There are hardly any one-pub villages in Ireland, but this is one of them.
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Last Friday, 34-year-old Swiss tourist Konrad Hegner decided to visit Mount St. Helens, hoping to witness an eruption before heading to Mount Rainier and continuing on his travels. He has been here every day since &#151; even when clouds obscured the crater &#151; and is not sure when he'll leave.