“Fáilte Ireland” is the National Tourism Development Authority of Ireland. The authority was established under the National Tourism Development Authority Act of 2003. Fáilte Ireland has sub-contracted its accommodation registration assessment and classification functions to Tourist Accommodation Management Services Ltd (TAMS). An article by Mason Hayes & Curran published Dec. 3, 2013 on “Lexology” provides information on the classifcation procedure and the mandatory registration of hotels.The article is available here>>.