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RUGBY STAR RONAN O’Gara will front a new campaign for Tourism Ireland to promote trips to county Cork in France, during the autumn this year ahead of the Rugby World Cup.
The Corkman, who moved to Bishopstown when he was six months old, will feature in a new campaign that will advertise Cork to French nationals in hopes that holidaymakers will fly or sail directly to the county during the off-season months.
The tourism board say O’Gara, who is the head coach of French rugby team La Rochelle, is a “popular and respected figure in France”, which it hopes can help with their new campaign.
O’Gara played rugby for Ireland, winning his first international cap in 1999, and competed in sixteen seasons with Munster Rugby until he retired in May of 2013 with a total of 128 caps for the boys in green and 240 provincial appearances.
Since his retirement, the San-Diego born Leesider has started an extensive coaching career in France, with a year as an assistant coach with New Zealand’s Crusaders.
Tourism Ireland’s Southern Europe Manager Monica MacLaverty said that it’s a “great opportunity to capitalise on the excitement in the run-up to, and during, the Rugby World Cup”.
“Our aim is to highlight the many great experiences and attractions in Cork city and county, as well as the ease of access from France to Cork and the warm welcome that awaits our French visitors,” MacLeverty said.
A video featuring O’Gara visiting various locations in Kinsale and Cork city will be a part of the campaign as well as a showcase of “great things to see and do on a holiday” in the locations.
A separate video of the rugby coach giving his La Rochelle side a pep-talk, was shared among many in the rugby world as, while he has spent almost a decade in and out of France, O’Gara still hasn’t let the Cork accent fade – even when speaking French.
The campaign will run on Tourism Ireland’s social channels in France from early September.
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It isn’t job creation it is job displacement with less regulation. Along with readily available tax avoidance
Bingo. Hailo works for everyone. Über works for Über.
So Uber want to creat 50000 jobs if cities play ball.
In other words if the city councils do away with rules and regulations and let Uber do what they like.
Another case of big business calling the shots .
No thanks
I wouldn’t use an Uber car. It’s an unregulated taxi services that can charge what it likes at peak times. Dodgy.
Uber wants it all.. 50000 k jobs earning crap pay ..
Creation of jobs is great.
uber seem like they are aggressive and
not your usual app based company and i
think they will fall as quick as they rise.
It’s interesting how little traction Uber has in Ireland. Just goes to show the benefits of deregulation.
You have to go through the taxi companies here, so its not the real model. It’s unbelievable that taxi companies here would worry about the safety of passengers if Uber was opened up properly. There are some beauties driving taxi’s around Dublin.
Uber should be shut down unlicensed drivers is a disaster waiting to happen !
It has basically failed in Dublin too as it had to resort to using taxis to operate it’s service..
Have used Uber’s standard service here too. It basically operates here as a hackney service, operated on your phone with some added value, and it’s fine.
The Uber Black type service with random driver pick-up thing is the issue and to be honesty I see the challenges. I don’t think I’d use it.
I tend to try and avoid taxis like the plague… I’m sure as hell not going to pay over the odds for one … I can’t see Uber picking up much traction here.
Uber app needs access to your photos and camera..taxi..!
Use uber in the US regularly. Fantastic service and so cheap.
How many days left till their bubble bursts? 34.5bn ??
The ubers can’t use bus lanes
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