Category Archives: Ireland

Dublin Fringe Festival 2008

What Dublin doesn’t have in size, it more than makes up for in personality. Ask anyone who’s visited the ‘Fair City’ and they’ll have one or two tales to tell about the legendary charm of Dublin. This September, Dublin is … Continue reading

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Congratulations Westport

It’s official! Westport in County Mayo is Ireland’s tidiest town. For the third time, the County mayo town has won the overall title at the 2008 SuperValu TidyTowns awards ceremony in Dublin. Westport previously won in 2001 and in 2006 A visit … Continue reading

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Cork Glasgow Route saved

Aer Arann have announced that they will take over the Glasgow-Prestwick – Cork route that is being axed by Ryanair. This follows the announcement by Ryanair last week that it was cutting two routes out of Cork Airport including the Galsgow … Continue reading

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Is this the best example of cyber squatting I have ever seen or just pure genius

Today I was looking for Aerlingus’ corporate website (or at least a site where there was information for peopel other than passengers) and I stumbled on www.aerlingusplc.com. What I found was eye-opening to say the least. Despite Ryanair owning 29.4% of … Continue reading

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DiscoveringIreland August 2008 Newsletter

In this month’s newsletter Seamus O’Murchu looks at one of the oldest beauty pageants in the world, The Rose of Tralee which starts on August 22nd. As always, DiscoveringIreland have a very special offer this month giving you the opportunity … Continue reading

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Escape in August with DiscoveringIreland

Make the most of the last couple of weeks of the summer holiday season and escape away to one of our many self catering accommodations scattered around the south west of Ireland. At DiscoveringIreland we are currently offering excellent value … Continue reading

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Tiger who? ………Its Paddymania time

Yep in case you have not heard it is Paddymania time here in Ireland as our greatest ever sportsman (currently being debated on our airwaves) lifted his 3rd major in under two years and his 2nd in a row. You … Continue reading

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There's always a silver lining

Rising oil prices, falling house prices and the ever worsening credit crunch, whether it’s TV, Radio or opening your newspaper thats all we seem to hear about these days. But are recessions really all that bad or can we look … Continue reading

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Galway Races begin today

The Galway Races are here again and the seven-day betting bonanza kicks off this evening at 5.10. The watering sprinklers were required at the Ballybrit course yesterday to maintain a safe surface for the many runners lining up this evening, … Continue reading

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Obama, he’s Irish don’t you know!

On the 23rd of May this year the Chicago Sun-Times reported that Barak Obama can trace his ancestry back to a small Irish village. Further investigation revealed that the apparent location of these roots is the small village of Moneygall, … Continue reading

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