The number of tourists travelling to Ireland rose by 10% between December 2014 and February of this year.
According to new figures from the CSO, the number of visitors to Ireland increased by over 134,000 compared with the same three-month period last year.
Trips by UK residents jumped 7.7 percent while, the number of holidaymaker's from other EU countries increased by 18.1%.
Tourism Ireland is welcoming the news describing the figures as a positive start to 2015.
