American Football is again coming to Ireland with a game between Georgia Tech and Boston College in 2016. Part of the contract states that the student players will get Garda escorts. The game is being organised by Irish American Events Limited and is considered a home game for Boston. It will take place in the…
Like Pat Mustard in Father Ted, a Kenmare bar owner claimed he was in court only because he was too gorgeous. But Gardai disagreed and put forward a different mitigating factor as part of their own prosecution. James O’Connor, aged 41, of O’Connor’s Bar was raided by Gardai at 1.50 A.M. on two different nights….
An international survey voted the British accent the sexiest in the world. But the British themselves voted the Northern Irish accent to be sexiest in the UK. Logically this means the accent of Liam Neeson, Rory McIlroy and Jamie Dorn is the sexiest in the world. The Time Out Global Dating Survey found that the…
Killybegs in Co. Donegal has been a fishing port for a very long time. However, unlike the towns we looked at recently, this is one that has undergone large changes in the last hundred years. Above we see Killybegs from the land, looking out to sea. Notice the church with the battlements towards the right….
Sometimes you just don’t appreciate what a stunning country we live in. And then a video like this comes along. Saying anymore would be superfluous – just watch.
There are a wide variety of activities available in and around Cork City. We obviously cannot cover them all but here are some we have been to ourselves and can highly recommend that all visitors should try and get to. Fota Wildlife Park Fota Wildlife Park is a 75-acre (30 ha) wildlife park…
Newly released official papers show that the UK government was nervous about handing Hong Kong back to China. So nervous that officials considered moving the whole population of 5.5 million to Northern Ireland! The discussions were found in papers from 1983 that were released this week. The idea was originally raised by a university lecturer…
The government is proposing that US students of Irish heritage get free trips to Ireland. The idea is that the program would encourage a strong connection with Ireland. The Irish Times reports that Minister for the Diaspora Jimmy Deenihan has outlined proposals for “an orientation course on what it is to be Irish” for young…
Thanks to Coca-Cola we now know that Irish names are the most likely to make you happy while in England are busy changing their names. The survey was run in 8 countries as part of Coca-Cola’s personalised bottle campaign “Share A Coke”. The results indicate that 87% of Irish people like their first names and…
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