IT HAS BEEN CONFIRMED THAT PRINCE ALBERT OF MONACO WILL VISIT MAYO DURING HIS STATE VISIT TO IRELAND NEXT WEEK.

50 YEARS AFTER HIS LATE FATHER AND MOTHER- PRINCE RANIER THE THIRD AND FORMER HOLLYWOOD ACTRESS GRACE KELLY- VISITED IRELAND, IT WAS ANNOUNCED LAST NIGHT THAT PRINCE ALBERT AND HIS FIANCE WILL ATTEND A SERIES OF EVENTS IN DUBLIN AND GALWAY BETWEEN MONDAY AND WEDNESDAY OF NEXT WEEK.

AND FOLLOWING THE INTERVENTION TODAY OF MAYO-BASED JUNIOR MINISTER FOR TOURISM MICHAEL RING, IT HAS NOW BEEN CONFIRMED THAT NEXT WEDNESDAY, PRINCE ALBERT WILL GO ON A WALKABOUT IN NEWPORT, THE ANCESTRAL HOME OF HIS GREAT GRANDPARENTS, BEFORE TRAVELLING TO IRELAND WEST AIRPORT KNOCK.