The 52nd Willie Clancy Summer School What’s in store for this year’s festival
Scoil Samhraidh Willie Clancy is a week-long summer school in traditional music and set dance held annually at Miltown Malbay, Co. Clare.
The first and...
The hidden depths of Donegal and Derry
A wildlife adventure and a serendipitous, strike-it-lucky discovery led Catherine McColgan to a new-found appreciation of the hidden joys of Donegal and Derry
Last May,...
Ten years old – and worth €3 billion a year to Irish tourism
That jewel of Irish tourism, the Wild Atlantic Way, is ten years old today – and is worth more than €3 billion a year...
Kildare is tapping into the St Brigid revival to connect with its diaspora
Kildare is marking the 1500th anniversary of St Brigid’s death with a week-long festival that includes, Denise Chaila, Imelda May, Darina Allen, Jess Murphy,...
Italian horror story
Mark Cousins told David Hennessy about his new documentary that looks at the rise of fascism in Italy more than 100 years ago but...
Trinity College opens up Book of Kells
Visitors to Dublin can now experience Ireland’s greatest cultural treasure, the Book of Kells, like never before.
Visitors to Dublin can now see the Book...
Guinness Storehouse beats Grand Canyon and Niagara Falls to be voted ‘world’s leading tourist...
The Guinness Storehouse in Dublin has been named as the world’s leading tourist attraction of 2023 at the World Travel Awards in Dubai.
It is...
Ireland’s all-island tourism agency out in force under new CEO
The recently appointed chief executive of Tourism Ireland, the former Google executive Alice Mansergh, says the future of the country’s tourism industry has to...
Spend your New Year in Ireland 2023
Make your next New Year's Resolution something you actually want to do, and visit the island of Ireland in 2023.
If you are travelling home...
Ireland’s oldest city to celebrate ten years of Winterval with its biggest ever festival
Waterford will host its 10th annual Winterval Festival from 18 November to 23 December with its biggest ever programme of events.
A total of 38...