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Sunflowerfest 2011
Back by popular demand, Sunflowerfest 2011, Northern Ireland’s very own answer to Woodstock and Glastonbury, will take place next month from 19th – 21st August at Tubby’s Farm in the beautiful rustic countryside just outside Hillsborough, Co. Down. [Read more…]
Celebrity Trek for Crumlin
Ireland’s best known personalities scale Kilimanjaro to raise money for Our Lady’s Children’s Hospital Crumlin
A documentary following eight of Ireland’s best known personalities as they undertake the challenge of a lifetime to reach the top of Kilimanjaro in aid of Our Lady’s Children’s Hospital Crumlin will air on RTE 1 on Monday 18th July at 9:30pm. [Read more…]
AirSpectacular at Bray Summerfest
Tens of thousands of spectators are expected to gather along Ireland’s east coast on Sunday, July 24th for the country’s largest free air show – the Air Spectacular as part of Bray Summerfest. [Read more…]
Ireland Young Racing Driver of the Month - April
21 year old Aron Smith from Rathfarnham has been selected as the Dunlop Young Racing Driver of the Month for April. The young Dubliner’s performances during the month, which included two wins at Thruxton, combined with an earlier third place, leave him in third position in the highly competitive Renault Clio Cup UK series.
Aron began his Motorsport career in Kart Racing at the age of 14. Since then, he has progressed through the ranks, winning both the Winter Cup and the Irish Open Kart Championship in 2006. Two years ago, he finished fourth in the Clio UK series and last year, he tackled the Italian Clio Championship, winning races on two famous Formula 1 circuits, Monza and Imola, as well as taking a second place at Monza. [Read more…]
Irish Butterflies
Ireland is home to 33 species of indigenous butterflies, 18 per cent* of these native Irish butterflies face extinction with one species Mountain Ringlet already extinct. This weekend (28th and 29th May) Dublin Zoo hosts the fifth annual Native Species Weekend which celebrates and educates about the wildlife on our doorsteps. [Read more…]
Sligo-based digital marketing agency Bua Marketing has just been announced as the the only regional agency included in this year’s Social Media Awards 2011 ‘Best Agency’ category.
Established by Aoife Porter in 2009 and located in IT Sligo’s Innovation Centre, Bua Marketing is an innovative and dynamic marketing agency which delivers online marketing services to a wide variety of customers including IT Sligo, the Western Development Commission, Good4U Healthfoods and others.
As a result of Bua Marketing’s support, two of these clients; IT Sligo and the Western Development Commission, have also been shortlisted in the Social Media Awards 2011.
Aoife Porter commented ‘We’re thrilled that Bua Marketing is the only non-Dublin agency to be included in the awards shortlisting; this proves the opportunities which the Internet offers to regional companies to compete for business both nationally and internationally’ [Read more…]
Abu Dhabi Irish Guineas Festival brings the emirate’s best to Ireland.
Abu Dhabi arrived in Ireland last weekend for the Curragh’s eagerly anticipated Abu Dhabi Irish Guineas Festival meeting. Literally.
Abu Dhabi Tourism Authority (ADTA), created a centrepiece tented Arabian Village to show off some of the emirate’s cultural traditions, including falconry, henna design and calligraphy. [Read more…]
3rd Dip in the Nip
The third ‘Dip in the Nip’ will take place on a beach in the northwest of Ireland on Saturday 25th June. This innovative fundraiser was the brainchild of Sligo woman Máire Garvey, who came up with the idea of a small sponsored all-female skinny dip, in 2009, in order to raise money for the Irish Cancer Society. [Read more…]
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