Waterworld Bundoran has been awarded the prestigious “exceeded standard” NQS award following an inspection of the popular Bundoran facility earlier in 2023. The National Quality Standard Awards are the only industry-specific awards for the Leisure, Health & Fitness sector in Ireland. The awards reward excellence for facilities in the sector that meet the operational standards…
Bundoran is one of the 12 locations in County Donegal that have today been awarded the prestigious Blue Flag which will fly over Main Beach for the 2023 bathing season which begins on June 1st. An Taisce announced the awards in a ceremony in Donabate in County Dublin today (Friday 17th May 2023) with the…
The annual review of the year in the seaside town, the “Reeling in Bundoran” blog, has been released on the Discover Bundoran website. The blog, now on its thirteenth edition, looks back over the year at the various events and other activities that have taken place in the town including festivals, successes, events and media…
The weekly podcast talking about all things Bundoran has today (Friday 16th September 2022) reached the publication of its 200th episode. The Bundoran Weekly, hosted by Bundoran Tourism Officer Shane Smyth, was first published in July of 2018 and in 2021 recorded almost 6,000 downloads. Over the four years, guests have included local business people,…
Bundoran’s Main Beach has been awarded one of the country’s 95 Blue Flags which will fly over beaches and marinas across Ireland for the summer bathing season. In a ceremony today (Friday 20th May) at Curracloe Beach in County Wexford, the flags were presented to each recipient county by Malcolm Noonan TD, Minister of State…
The Bundoran Tidy Towns group recorded an impressive increase of 14 points in the results of the national competition announced last Friday at a ceremony in Dublin’s RDS. The competition was judged remotely this year due to the continuing uncertainty and health restrictions meaning that adjudicators, for the first time ever, did not physically visit…
Surfers catch the waves and sea swimmers brave the elements in Bundoran’s clear waters with confidence since the town’s new wastewater treatment plant was opened in 2018. From his office window, Shane Smyth of Discover Bundoran can see visitors and locals alike enjoying the world-renowned waters. “Since the wastewater treatment plant opened, we have confidence…
The Bundoran Weekly podcast produced by Discover Bundoran, this week marks a milestone of reaching 150 episodes since it was first launched in July 2018. The podcast is hosted by Bundoran Tourism Officer Shane Smyth and covers all things Bundoran when it is released each Friday morning at 10am. Since it was launched, it has…
An Taisce this morning announced that Bundoran’s Main Beach will once again retain its Blue Flag for the 2021 bathing season. The seaside town is one of the 14 sites in Donegal to be awarded the flag – one of the most recognised eco-labels in the world. Only beaches that meet specific criteria relating to…
A few weeks ago Bundoran man Conor Maguire surfed what has been described as the biggest wave to ever hit Ireland’s west coast. Though modestly admitting he’s not sure if it was actually the biggest, he says it was certainly the biggest one he’s ever surfed “for me personally anyway definitely the biggest wave I’ve…
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