News in Ireland


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Date 05 November 2025

Weather in Ireland: Persistent Rain and Signs of a Harsher Winter

The Irish weather loves to surprise, and the forecasts of recent days are no exception. According to Met Éireann, the country is currently experiencing a particularly stubborn spell of rain, with frequent showers and low, grey clouds that seem determined … [...]




Ireland to end peat harvesting for heating by 2024

19 January 2021
A new page is being turned. Ireland’s famous peat, renowned as an efficient fuel for the island’s homes, is set to be replaced by renewable energies by 2024. Leading Irish companies such as Bord Na Mona have declared that the … [...]




Dream job alert: a deserted Irish island seeks 2 workers for the year!

14 January 2021
Every year, Great Blasket Island (Co. Kerry in Ireland) is looking for 2 adventure-loving people to live for a year on this isolated island. The goal was simple: to settle there and fulfill a dream job: running the island’s café … [...]




Bloody Sunday: Netflix’s tweet creates a bad buzz…

13 January 2021
Netflix has just apologized after posting a tweet deemed “unacceptable” on one of its Twitter accounts. A tweet that referred to her series called “The New Adventures of Sabrina” and featured scenes of her actors covered in blood, with the … [...]




Winter solstice: Newgrange was bathed in light!

22 December 2020
Every year, crowds flock to the prehistoric tomb at Newgrange to witness a rare and exceptional phenomenon: the winter solstice. On this occasion, the light of dawn penetrates directly into the archaeological site, flooding the corridor and burial chamber… A … [...]




A photographer immortalizes the Cliffs of Moher over the course of a year: the results are breathtaking!

16 December 2020
Capture the beauty of the Cliffs of Moher for 365 days… This was the crazy project of Kev L Smith, a photographer and filmmaker, who decided to photograph one of Ireland’s most beautiful natural sites on a daily basis! Rain, … [...]




Christmas in Dublin: Guinness Storehouse launches Winter Village, and it’s magical!

9 December 2020
To celebrate Christmas, Dublin’s Guinness Storehouse came up with the idea of creating the Winter Village. An ingenious concept that allowed the House of Guinness to create a snow-covered mini-village, complete with huts, craft stands and sales of Christmas-themed products. … [...]




Introducing “The Devils Keep”, an Irish whiskey at €50,000 a bottle!

1 December 2020
Craft Irish Whiskey is a new Irish company specializing in the distillation of exceptional whiskey. To mark the occasion, the company created a surprise by presenting “Devils Keep”, a typically Irish whiskey that ranks among the most expensive in history! … [...]




“The Crown” season 4: the series barely skims over the Northern Ireland question

30 November 2020
Does The Crown have a problem with Northern Ireland? This is now the assumption of many spectators… It has to be said that, since its inception, the magnificent series dedicated to the Windsor family has always dodged the issue. Over … [...]




Trinity College Dublin explores the pharmaceutical potential of Irish peatlands

11 November 2020
What if Ireland’s peat bogs were the answer to climate change and disease? That’s what a scientist at Trinity College Dublin seems to think. The establishment has just embarked on a brand new project entitled “Unlocking Nature’s Pharmacy from Bogland … [...]