Olympic Flame Burns Bright in Ireland

Posted on June 6, 2012 by Seamus O'Murchu

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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Euro 2012 Build up: Hungary expose Ireland’s weakness in friendly

Posted on June 5, 2012 by Seamus O'Murchu

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 →

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Fast Cars and Formula One Fun comes to Dublin on Sunday

Posted on June 1, 2012 by Seamus O'Murchu

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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Queen to visit Northern Ireland as part of Diamond Jubilee celebrations

Posted on May 31, 2012 by Seamus O'Murchu

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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Worlds Musical Superstars in Ireland this June and July

Posted on May 30, 2012 by Seamus O'Murchu

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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Celebrate Irish Produce

Posted on May 29, 2012 by Seamus O'Murchu

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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Success for Ireland Talent at the BAFTAs

Posted on May 28, 2012 by Seamus O'Murchu

Ireland might not had been celebrating success at the Eurovision Song Contest, which took place on Saturday night in Azerbaijan and saw Jedward finish in the bottom half of the table and Sweden crowned Eurovision winners. But we were celebrating on Sunday night, as Irish talent won a host of prestigious BAFTAs at the ceremony in London.
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The Nice Weather has Returned!

Posted on May 24, 2012 by Seamus O'Murchu

The warm weather has returned to us here in Ireland we plan on making the most of it!! Picnics, sun-bathing, trips to the beach, ice creams in the sun and all the other things people take for granted in some of the more exotic places in the world, will be crammed into these few days as the rays are well and truly soaked up.

Forgive us for getting excited but it’s not often we can shout about the weather. 😉

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Ireland qualify for Eurovision Song Contest

Posted on May 23, 2012 by Seamus O'Murchu

It was the first of the Eurovision Song Contest Semi Finals in Azerbaijan last night and Ireland’s entry Jedward qualified singing the catchy up-tempo number Waterline.
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Irish Sport is Smiling

Posted on May 22, 2012 by Seamus O'Murchu

This summer is shaping up to be a real thriller for Irish Sport as we have plenty to look forward to! We have the Olympics just across the water as well a place for Euro 2012 secured.

The European football championship will be hosted in Ukraine and Poland. Ireland secured a place at Euro 2012 last year and have been placed in Group C along with Spain, Italy and Croatia. The first match of the event takes place on June 8th as Poland takes on Greece at the National Stadium in Warsaw. Ireland’s first match is on Sunday June 10th, as Ireland takes on Croatia at the Stadion Miejski which is located in Poznań. The championship will finish up on July 1st where after weeks of matches, a winner will be determined. Continue reading →

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