EFCO in Dublin

Niamh with Tony Lenehan from Failte Ireland and Con Quill, ICC Vice chair and President of EFCO.

In my capacity of Chairperson of the Irish Caravan and Camping Council, I was delighted to be asked to take part in the EFCO meeting last week. EFCO is the European Federation of Caravan and Holiday Park Organisations and they meet formally twice a year in different countries. It was great to spend time at the various meetings and presentations with the members from across Europe.

The Vice Chair of the ICC, Con Quill, is now the President of EFCO and co-incidentally it fell on Ireland to host the gathering in March. We had a meeting on the Thursday afternoon after everyone arrived and headed up to the famous Guinness Storehouse where we learned how to pull and drink pints of the Black Stuff! The tour of the building was very interesting and the fact that Guinness is synonymous with Ireland, everyone knew the product already and all were very interested to see the processes and hear the story ( and drink the pints of course!! )

Fridays meeting went very well in the Alexander Hotel but the highlight of the day came with a trip to Glendalough, which included a walk around the stunning area to take in all the views and the waterfall of course. We arrived in Wicklow, in the village of Redcross where we ate well and learned how to Irish dance courtesy of the Williams family in Mickey Finns pub. Everyone was kicking their shoes off and doing the Baile na Limni by the end of the night! Fantastic fun was had by all.

Niamh