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ISSUE NO. 1476
17 - 23 OCTOBER 2013
Irish eyes smile on the Axarquia
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€1m fine A FRENCHMAN has been fined €1 million and sentenced to three years and three months in prison for trying to smuggle 338 kilograms of hashish into Spain through the port of Motril.
Port users up MORE than 245,000 people used the port of Motril during the first eight months of the year, according to the State Port Authority. That is 25 per cent more than last year.
No drilling THIRTY-FIVE different associations have made a plea to the national government to prevent gas drilling taking place off the coast of Granada.
Fruity thieves TWO men, aged 22 and 25, have been remanded in custody for reportedly stealing 217 kilograms of mangos from a farm in Salobreña.
THE Axarquia and the Costa Tropical have become top tourism destinations for the Irish market. According to the director of the
January to August. This translates into 25,000 more Irish visitors this year in Spain. Their stays have been longer and they have spent more money in relation to previous years, as stated by Gonzalo Ceballos. Many of them have chosen the Axarquia and the coast of Granada as their holiday destinations, attracted by the good weather. “But they also appreciate the way people from Andalucia celebrate life,” Ceballos said. Ireland’s love story with this region was made ON A MISSION: Helen hopes to raise funds for Acompalia. clear during a visit paid by a group of Irish reporters to the town of Almuñecar. The tourism-specialised reporters were welcomed HELEN MCCORMACK, an expatriate from Salobreña, is expected to arrive in the by Councillor for Granada town of Niguelas today (Thursday). Institutional Relationships Helen set out on a three-day sponsored walk on Tuesday to raise funds for Maria del Mar Medina at Acompalia, a charity that aims at building a day care centre for terminally ill the Palacete de La patients in Granada. Helen, together with her donkey Pepita, has walked through Najarra tourism office. the Alpujarras, including the spa town of Lanjaron where she arrived yesterday Their visit took them to (Wednesday) afternoon, camping en route. the main heritage sites “I’m hoping that the donkey, a symbol of Andalucia, will inspire people to give and ended up with a to this great cause,” said Helen. lunch at the Helios hotel.
Spanish Tourism Office in Dublin, Gonzalo Ceballos Watling, there has been an 8 per cent cumulative growth in the Irish market from
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