OPINION: British government plans for ETAs could harm tourism in north of Ireland

www.derryjournal.com— The ETA scheme would mean that by 2025, all non-visa international visitors with the exception of people resident in Ireland and Britain, arriving into the UK, or arriving into the south and travelling to Derry & Strabane or other parts of the north will need to have registered for pre-authorisation and pay a £10 fee, effectively partitioning the island in terms of tourism. The Council is not alone in expressing concerns. The tourism sector is worried, as is Economy Minister Conor Murphy who...

www.brainerddispatch.com—Other Opinion: Schools’ public notice plan would reduce access and harm transparency. From the editorial, The Minnesota Senate bill (SF3567) goes too far and “is contrary to the spirit of transparency that underpins democracy and Minnesota’s open-government history.”

dailym.ai—Ireland will send migrants to the UK: Irish government to look at emergency laws to kick out immigrants sneaking in from Northern Ireland. The Irish Taoiseach Simon Harris has asked his Minister for Justice to bring a change in the law that would force asylum seekers to return to the UK.

Mountain Lake PBS—Eclipse Tourism in the North Country. Tens of thousands of visitors came to the Adirondacks & North Country to watch the spectacular Solar Eclipse. And it turns out, they spent millions of dollars, while they were here. Some preliminary numbers out this week show the economic impact of the eclipse last week. According to New York’s Regional Office of Sustainable Tourism or ROOST, an estimated $2.7 million was spent in Essex County for overnight tourism for the eclipse. That’s at least 500-thousand more compared to last […]