Day trip packages means Mayo misses out

MAYO is missing out, with visitors to Ireland popping down for day trips and then heading back up to the capital.

The 'packages' were highlighted by Councillor Brendan Mulroy at a Westport-Belmullet Municipal District meeting, where he asked that it be raised with Bord Fáilte.

In Mayo, we are trying to promote the county, he said, but it had been brought to his notice that big travel companies are bringing people into Dublin where they then take a day trip by train to Westport and go back up again.

“If Bord Fáilte are standing over that, what chance have we got if that is what is being promoted in the country?” he asked.

This wasn't good for the town or west Mayo and should be raised at the highest level, added Councillor Mulroy.