Teach Cuailgne B&B is one of 35 bed and breakfast businesses that have taken part in a cross-border project aimed at boosting businesses in rural and regional areas.

Business owners taking part undertook a year's training and support to help them develop "themed" breaks, such as angling, walking, golfing and gourmet food packages.

The Town & Country Homes Association, who are leading the pilot project, said the project enables B&B owners to link across the counties, the border and across the regions and work together to offer packaged breaks for visitors

TCH chairperson Kate Burns said: "For a long time in tourism we have wanted to develop better activiity based holidays which allow the foreign tourist to experience different parts of Ireland while on holiday here."

Meath Chronicle July 2008