Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 23 May 2013

Public Accounts Committee

2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 10 - Office of Public Works

11:40 am

Photo of Gerald NashGerald Nash (Louth, Labour)
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There is some concern about the ability of the Oldbridge site to capture the sort of visitor numbers Newgrange has. Clearly, Newgrange-Brú na Bóinne is a world heritage site and that in itself attracts significant numbers of international visitors. We have a site next door, namely the Oldbridge site, which is managed very well. It is a huge addition to the tourism and heritage offering of this country, North and South. How could there be greater interaction between the two sites to ensure a better apportioning of visitor numbers in that area?