Ryanair: Profiting from your "Cheap Flights"

When I first came to Ireland nine years ago, someone from Enterprise Ireland told me that to be called "a cute hoor" was considered high praise in Irish business culture. That may be a forgiving sort of tag for a...

Blaze at Guinness - Dublin City Centre Covered In Smoke

Today the light was very good so I decided to get the Dart from Connolly station to Howth  in order to take some photographs. However as I was about to board the train I noticed lots of smoke in the sky and...

Guinness Factory fire in Dublin now under control

A large fire that broke out at a building at Guinness HQ in Dublin, Ireland has now been extinguished.As you can see by the photo the smoke could be seen for miles.The area around the building has been...

Once Catholic enclave, Ireland to offer civil unions for gays

Dublin, Ireland – European Union countries escalate to total recognition of same-sex civil unions for gay couples ,   if not marriage,  while the US grapples with gay marriage in Maine,  New York, and New Jersey (the first two brought defeats for...

Report in Ireland of handling of Church's child abuse is damning

Decades of abuse allegations were covered by the Archdiocese of the Catholic Church in Dublin A long-awaited report by the Commission of Investigation in Ireland probing Church and State handling by their...

Abducted Irish priest now missing 4 weeks today in Philippines

Father Sinnott, a Colombian priest based in Pagadian in the Philippines, was abducted and held for ransom exactly 4 weeks ago today. Father Sinnott was born in Co. Wexford in Ireland and is 79 years old.  He underwent quadruple bypass surgery in 2005 and...

Dog play areas in Dublin, Ireland

Following success of the trial of a dedicated dog area in Marlay Park in Dublin, Ireland the City Councils are planning to build a number of play areas in other parks, subject to budgetary analysis. Dog areas...

Swine Flu – New measures by Dublin Childrens’ Hospitals

The three childrens’ hospitals in Dublin today announced new precautionary measures in relation to visiting patients in their hospitals. Due to the number of in-patient cases suffering from H1N1 Swine Flu Virus they have restricted visiting to parents and/or guardians...

Sail training in Dublin Bay

As the school mid-term break nears an end and the weather normally become less reliable for water activities, we see one of the final training days in the waters off Dun Laoire in Dublin Bay. Today it is a...

HMS Richmond on visit to Dublin, Ireland

It was a dreary and damp morning in Dublin port as HMS Richmond (F239) – a type 23 frigate – owned and operated by the Royal Navy paid a courtesy visit to Ireland, today 30th Oct 2009. The type 23...

Dublin wants more traffic congestion over Christmas Period

Despite global warming, rising pollution and the problems of obesity, Dublin Council are considering encouraging more people to drive into the City over the Christmas period by giving them free car parking, after demands by those in business. ...

Dublin City Marathon Oct 26th 2009

Today over 12,500 runners took to the streets of Dublin to finish a gruelling race of fitness, stamina and character. This was a big occasion as Dublin celebrated the 30th anniversary of the first Dublin...

Lilisa wins Dublin City Marathon

" Feyisa Lilisa from Ethiopia has won the Dublin City Marathon. He crossed the line in an unofficial time of two hours, nine minutes, 11 seconds. It is just four seconds off the record. Russian Aleksey Sokolov, who...

Stephen Gately's Last Interview with Reveal Tells of Future Hopes

Stephen Gately's last interview before his death on October 9th in Majorca was with Reveal Magazine, and it tells of his future hopes of becoming a father and how happy he was to be reconciled with his mother. ...

Stephen Gately's Funeral in Dublin: Photos and Video

Stephen Gately's funeral was held at the St. Laurence O'Toole Memorial Church in Dublin on Saturday October 17th with three and a half thousand turning out on the sides of the road and outside the church to say...

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