Mulranny Tourism was named overall winner at the 2016 Irish Responsible Tourism Awards.

It also scooped the gold award in the Best Destination for Responsible Tourism award category.

In the Best Local Authority Initiative for Responsible Tourism, the silver award went to Westport Smarter Travel bike buffet .

The awards aim to inspire replication, to excite media interest, to encourage competition and celebration from across the tourism industry on the island of Ireland.

The Irish Responsible Tourism Awards are part of a growing family of worldwide responsible tourism awards which are all linked to the World Responsible Tourism Awards, founded by responsibletravel.com.

Winners of each of the categories will be longlisted for the World Responsible Tourism Awards.

Local Independent councillor Michael Holmes has congratulated all involved saying it’s a just reward for hard work and local investment in infrastructure in the area and the developments around the Greenway and the Wild Atlantic Way.