Ireland’s leading crisp manufacturers Tayto launch new crisp and chocolate candy bar

Posted on April 15, 2013 by Seamus O'Murchu

While on your Ireland vacation you may have seen Tayto crisps in just about every shop in the country. Cheese and onion are the most popular flavor and you will often find relatives and friends who have left our shores, phoning home with a regular Tayto crisps order!

Tayto launched a chocolate and cheese and onion crisps candy bar recently to satisfy the requests they have been inundated with over the years. Many people were contacting the crisp manufacturing giants explaining their love of mixing bits of chocolate in with their crisps and now Tayto have made the fantasy a reality for Irish people all over the world. Continue reading →

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Dublin Bay Prawn Festival 2013

Posted on April 12, 2013 by Seamus O'Murchu

On the 26th-28th April 2013, the Dublin Bay Prawn Festival will be taking place in and around the picturesque fishing village of Howth, nestled on the rugged peninsula of the north side of Dublin Bay.
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Slieve Bloom Walking Festival May 2013

Posted on April 11, 2013 by Seamus O'Murchu

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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RTE ALL Ireland Drama Festival 2013

Posted on April 10, 2013 by Seamus O'Murchu

Happening from Thursday 2nd – Saturday 11th May 2013 the RTE All Ireland Drama Festival 2013, celebrating 60 years will take place in Athlone.
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Sculpture to remember a unique war hero is unveiled in Clonakilty

Posted on April 9, 2013 by Seamus O'Murchu

Whilst Clonakilty is best known as the home place of Irish war hero and patriot Michael Collins, another albeit unlikely “war hero” was honored with a special statue while the event that brought him and his crew here was remembered in a special ceremony to celebrate their 70th anniversary in the town yesterday. That the main “war hero” wasn’t a person and didn’t die in combat makes this event and its story all the more unusual. The unusual hero and remarkable wartime event that brought him and his equally entertaining and heroic companions to the West Cork town, is fondly remembered in local legend as one of the strangest stories ever to come out of our island.
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Remember life aboard the Titanic with a series of commemorative events in Cobh

Posted on April 8, 2013 by Seamus O'Murchu

A ten day series of events in Cobh is underway to mark the 101 anniversary of the Titanic. Cobh and Titanic have a shared connection as it is Cobh which has the distinction of being the last port of call for the doomed liner prior to its fateful collision with an iceberg on 14th April 1912.
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Free Entry to Spike Island

Posted on April 5, 2013 by Seamus O'Murchu

Spike Island located of the coast of Cork, near Cobh has hosted a monastery, a fortress and a prison within its 104 acres, all of which have left their mark.
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Gathering at the Great Limerick Run 2013

Posted on April 4, 2013 by Seamus O'Murchu

This year of the Irish Gathering, the Great Limerick run taking place on Sunday 5th May aims to be bigger and better than ever before.
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New Coin to celebrate Irish leader Michael Collins

Posted on April 3, 2013 by Seamus O'Murchu

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 Independence collection series.”

The limited edition coin coincides with the 90th anniversary of Collins’ death in 2012.  The portrait for the coin was taken at the time of the negotiations that resulted in the Anglo Irish Treaty in 1921, which to this day, remains a pivotal part of Ireland‘s history.  “Sworn to be free” is inscribed on the reverse of the Michael Collins coin which is taken from the Irish national anthem, Amhrán na bhFiann, which translated to English means, “A Soldier’s Song”. Continue reading →

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Tom Cruise’s Irish Roots Explored ahead of his Ireland Visit

Posted on April 2, 2013 by Seamus O'Murchu

Hollywood Superstar Tom Cruise will arrive in Ireland tomorrow for a brief stopover to promote his new film, Oblivion.

Due to arrive in Dublin on Wednesday morning, Cruise will record an interview for RTE’s “Late Late Show” before he takes to the carpet at the Irish premiere of “Oblivion”, a science fiction film based on the Radical Comics novel, which sees Cruise play former Marine Commander Jack Harper, who works on a post-apocalyptic Earth as a repairman.
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