May on Our Doorstep is a National Museum of Ireland – Country Life project that celebrates the survival of traditional May Day Customs in Ireland. [Read more…]
Irish NGOs Welcome Repayment
Irish NGOs welcome the announcement by the Tánaiste that the €4 million of aid money that was misappropriated by officials in the Ugandan prime minister’s office last year has been paid back. [Read more…]
Elephant-Astic Year For Dublin Zoo
Dublin Zoo is delighted to announce they have yet again broken their record for the number of visitors welcomed through the gates last year. The final footfall figure for 2012 surpassed last year’s 1 million reaching an all-time high of 1,029,417. [Read more…]
The Chocolate Garden of Ireland
The Chocolate Garden of Ireland, owned by sheep farmers turned award-winning chocolatiers, Jim and Mary Healy will, this November, be the third ‘Your Business On TV’ competition winner to feature on Shopping from Home, the home shopping series on RTE One. [Read more…]
Georgina Campbell Awards 2013
Representatives of the very best in Irish hospitality gathered at Bord Bia in Dublin for the announcement of the 2013 Georgina Campbell Awards, associated with the respected Georgina Campbell’s Ireland independent hospitality guides, and Ireland’s most popular independent hospitality and travel website www.ireland-guide.com. These are Ireland’s longest-running hospitality awards, and highly respected by the industry. [Read more…]
Taylor wins Boxing Gold
Ireland’s boxing sensation Katie Taylor won her country’s first gold medal of London 2012 by beating Sofya Ochigava.
The 26-year-old lightweight, who is considered a national hero in Ireland after winning four world and five European titles, beat the Russian 10-8.
Taylor, who was Ireland’s flag-bearer at the opening ceremony, was behind after two rounds but dominated the rest of the fight to take the Olympic title.
Finland is a model for Ireland
The Minister for Research and Innovation, Mr. Sean Sherlock TD, today (Thursday) concluded a two day visit to Helsinki, Finland where he met with a range of Finnish research and education policy makers, funding agencies and innovators. [Read more…]
Senior Entrepreneur Recruitment
Around 3,400 people, aged between 50 and 64, started their own business in Ireland last year* but that figure could dramatically increase in 2012 if more people in that age group were encouraged to seek assistance for their business ideas. [Read more…]
St Patricks Day Message 2012
I wish to send warm greetings on this St Patrick’s Day to Irish people at home and abroad and to our wider Irish family around the world. [Read more…]
Time Running Out To Solve Energy Crisis
Fuel Poverty levels could cover 50 per cent of the population within five years and 75 per cent within a decade if a properly co-ordinated energy policy is not developed, Architect and television presenter Duncan Stewart told the Energy Action conference in Dublin Castle. He also questioned if the €400 million spent each year of fuel allowances was being spent in the right way. [Read more…]