Westlife, first topped the charts back in 1998 and have had a career spanning 14 years in the music industry. Their achievements include 10 sell out tours, 26 top ten hits, 14 UK number one singles, 11 top 5 albums, 7 of which reach number 1 and they have sold over 44 million albums around the world.
Later this month on 22nd and 23rd June, Westlife will perform live as part of their Farewell Tour in Croke Park, Dublin, supported by Special Guests The Wanted and Jedward.
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It has been a tough opening match for the Irish team in their long awaited opening game in the Euros against Croatia. Ireland’s first match in the Euros since 1988, proved disastrous with Ireland suffering their first ever opening match loss in major tournaments and also putting an end to their 14 match unbeaten run. Despite a consolation goal from Sean St Ledger, the Irish team lost 3-1 to impressive Croatia who dominated a match that was at times very messy with some controversial rulings. Continue reading
On 23rd – 24th June in Westport House, Westport, County Mayo a music festival to rival any other will take place and will see more than 50 international and Irish acts play on 3 stages over just 2 days!
Acts include Ray Davies, The Waterboys, The Dubliners, Ryan Sheridan, The Undertones, Royseven, Beth Orton, Jools Holland, Seasick Steve, Imelda May, Alison Moyet, Hothouse Flowers, Macy Gray and many, many more.
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In a telling interview, Irish veteran football player Roy Keane shared his thoughts on Ireland’s Euro 2012 chances. Keane believes it will be very difficult for Ireland to come out of their extremely tough group but he noted that Ireland were ‘not bad at set-pieces’ which means ‘that may be their only hope.’ Continue reading
Over the past few days the Olympic Torch has been touring Northern Ireland, passing through the areas of Port Rush, Derry and Belfast and this morning at 6:30am, Olympic Games Hero’s from 1992, medal winning boxers Wayne McCullogh and Michael Carruth took part in a handover ceremony on the border near Newry.
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A disappointed Giovanni Trapattoni threatened to change his Republic of Ireland line-up for Sunday’s Euro 2012 opener against Croatia following the poor display against Hungary in a friendly game.
Ireland were played off the field by the Hungarian team who are placed 17 spots below them in the official rankings. The friendly exposed all of Ireland’s weak spots leading Croatia’s coach Slaven Bilic who watched the game, to remark that Ireland play “very simple football and don’t take risks”. Continue reading
This Sunday 3rd June it is expected that more than 100,000 people will descend on Dublin city centre to enjoy the Bavaria City Racing showcase of some of the world’s fastest cars, including Formula One cars and drivers.
Sure to be a spectacular weekend of activities, the Bavaria City Racing Dublin will have something for everyone, including fashion, music and parties all over the city.
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Buckingham Palace announced today that as part of her Diamond Jubilee celebrations nest month, Queen Elizabeth will make a two day visits to Northern Ireland.
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June and July are nearly upon us and it seems anyone who is anyone in the world of Music will be playing in Ireland.
Aside from the many music festivals happening up and down the country, of which a selection have attracted top local and international acts, there will also be a great number of superstars performing in Ireland as part of their European and World Tours.
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There is no doubt that for culinary delights, Ireland is consistently producing award winning food for consumption in its restaurants, cafes and stores, and that locals and visitors will regularly see locally sourced produced on the menu of nearly all restaurants and cafes or locally sourced and sold produce within stores up and down the country.
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