Are you a redhead? It’s not too late to join in the annual redhead convention which is taking place in Crosshaven, Co. Cork next weekend. The convention which was founded by Joleen Cronin and her brother Denis five years ago started as a joke in the siblings family pub and succeeded to becoming a gathering…
Major retailers at Dublin and other airports throughout the country may have been defrauding customers and the government for years. If you have ever been asked to present your boarding pass outside the Duty Free section of the airport you may have been deliberately overcharged. This has been a common ploy of major retailers for…
A Belfast woman contacted a seller in London about a NutriBullet blender he had advertised for sale. She wanted it for her mother who has advanced cancer. What happened next will totally restore your faith in humanity Cara Grace Duggan was looking for an expensive ‘pro’ version of the high performance juicer to hopefully help…
Ringing the Shandon Bells is one of the most popular tourist activities in Cork. Now the opportunity to do it as a job is open! Shandon Bells, St Anne’s Church, Shandon, Cork is looking for an enthusiastic and self-motivated Tower Manager to manage and promote this iconic tourist attraction in the heart of Cork City….
James Bond has many gadgets but a he was prevented from bringing a basic hunting knife on to a plane Vermont. Pierce Brosnan was the Bond in question and perhaps he had to resort to this because access to Q is now limited to Daniel Craig. The incident occurred at Burlington Airport in Vermont and…
Minions are everywhere these days. But you wouldn’t expect a giant one to jump onto the road and stop traffic in Dublin. But that’s what happened! It’s finally happened – #minions taking over Dublin pic.twitter.com/RUhU7B1KXR — Sean Judge (@Sean_Judges) August 3, 2015 The 40ft (12m) tall minion escaped from a nearby funfair. The Gardai were…
Earlier this week, Denis Russell, 59, was trimming the hedges outside his cottage in Co. Wicklow when he discovered €200,000 worth of paintings in them. When he saw a black garbage bag nestled in a ditch, he assumed it was filled with trash – a nuisance that has happened before. But when he opened the…
Irish Whiskey connoisseurs are to get stronger protection against inferior products following new legislation introduced by the Irish Government. Irish Whiskey, Irish Poitín and Irish Cream products such as Baileys are all protected “Geographical Origin” products under EU law. This means that any producers outside Ireland cannot describe their products using these names. This is…
She’s most famous for saying “Go On, Go On, Go On” but now Mrs. Doyle is encouraging motorists to stop for tea as part of a Mayo Road safety campaign. In an attempt to combat driver fatigue Mayp Council have erected cardboard cut-outs of Pauline McLynn’s character to remind road users to take a break….
August 1985 saw the first reports of a moving statue in Ballinspittle. 30 years ago Ireland was a different place (except for the weather) as you can see in this RTE News from the time. This August will be the 30th anniversary of the first reports of moving statues in Ballinspittle. It’s easy to forget…
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