Kenny's British counterpart, Baroness Jean Denton, agrees. Denton said an increase in that spending could create more than 700 jobs. Statistics show that you have a better chance of dying violently in Boston than you do in Belfast. But statistics are no match for television footage of bombs going off. People in the tourism industry, north and south, are holding their breath, hoping the current backslide in the north can be reversed.
Political stability is the key to the island's ability to market itself as a tourist destination.
Finally, people north and south don't have a reason to argue over what's more beautiful on a raw winter's day, or a glorious summer's eve, the Giant's Causeway in Antrim, or the Cliffs of Moher in Clare. Inc. Click here for assistance , or to read our privacy policy .