Category Archives: Ireland

Slieve Bloom Walking Festival May 2013

Taking place over the May Bank Holiday from 3rd  – 6th May 2013, the Slieve Bloom Walking Festival Weekend now in its 19th year is one of Ireland’s longest running walking festivals.

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New Coin to celebrate Irish leader Michael Collins

Famed Irish leader Michael Collins, who took part in the 1916 rising and negotiated the Anglo Irish Treaty, is to be commemorated in a new series of coins paying tribute to famous Irish legendary leaders. The series of coins have been labelled: “The Fight For Irish … Continue reading

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The Great Ireland Run 2013

The world of athletics will be focusing on the Phoenix Park in Dublin this April as excited adults and children from across the globe gather for the Great Ireland Run, now in its eleventh year. Firmly established as Ireland’s leading … Continue reading

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Cork Midsummer Festival 2013

This year from June 21st to 30th, the Cork Midsummer  Festival will take place. The annual festival takes place in Cork city and captivates a growing audience of all ages year on year. Popular with both tourists and locals, it boasts … Continue reading

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Westlife’s Nicky Byrne will be this year’s St Patricks Parade Grand Marshall

With the countdown to one of the major days of the Irish calendar, St Patricks Day and with it the resulting celebrations for the St Patricks festival and people parade in Dublin already begun, its grand Marshall for 2013 has … Continue reading

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More Flights available from Cork Airport for summer 2013

The summer schedule for Cork Airport has been unveiled and this year of the Irish Gathering 2013 the Munster airport will have more than 2 million seats available to Cork from more than 50 destinations in the UK and Europe.

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Greetings from space as irish language invades the twittersphere

Whilst we look to the skies for signs of life and alien language, last week it was a foreign language familiar to us but alien to most outside of Ireland that made its way onto twittersphere via the unusual outer … Continue reading

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Ireland Ladies Triple Crown Success and World Cup Qualification

Ireland Ladies Rugby Team is currently riding high in the Women’s RBS 6 Nations competition and revelling in their qualification for next year’s World Cup in Paris.

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Historic Third Oscar Win for Daniel Day-Lewis

Making Oscar history, Wicklow based actor Daniel Day-Lewis, scooped Best Actor Oscar for his role as Abraham Lincoln at last night’s star studded ceremony.

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Historic Cycling wins for Ireland

Ireland’s Martyn Irvine scooped the World Championship track title in a fantastic fashion at the velodrome in Minsk, Belarus. Making him only the second ever Irish man in history to win a World Championship Track Title!

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