The referendum ruling on allowing same-sex marriage in Ireland is fast approaching, and is scheduled for May 22, 2015. With this deadline looming, the question on everyone's lips is: will Ireland make the grade and follow the same model as its French neighbor? [...]
It’s a first for tourism in Ireland: the Belmond Group has just announced with great fanfare the launch of “Grand Tours of Ireland”, an offer that lets you discover the country on board one of Ireland’s most luxurious trains! Valid … [...]
William Butler Yeats is undoubtedly one of the greatest Irish writers ever, and Ireland is planning to celebrate the 150th anniversary of his birth in style! [...]
Two planes belonging to the low-cost airline Ryanair collided on Wednesday April 1 as they left a hangar at Dublin airport. The impact was caused by the wing of one of the 2 aircraft colliding with the tail of the other. [...]
The song is called “Every Breaking Wave” and it’s already causing a stir! U2 have just released their latest video, and set the action in Northern Ireland in the 1980s, when the Northern Irish conflict was at its height… The … [...]
It seems that rock band U2 has been piling up the media scandals lately... After shocking Itunes users by synchronizing their new album "Song of Innocence" without their asking, U2 have now organized the filming of a clip that would have deeply disturbed the Irish... [...]
The film "Calvary" hits cinemas today. A hard-hitting, powerful film by the committed John Michael McDonagh, who doesn't hesitate to paint a portrait of an Ireland deeply scarred by the scandals recently uncovered in the Irish Catholic Church. [...]
Halloween is coming soon! How about spending this festival of Irish origins in Ireland? It's not too late to get organized! Major cities such as Dublin, Galway, Cork and Belfast celebrate the event with costume parades, concerts and children's entertainment! [...]
Numerous flights were suspended or delayed this morning at Dublin airport, following the accidental collision of 2 Ryanair Boeing 737s. While taxiing at slow speed along the airport runway, the wing of one aircraft collided with the tail of a second plane nearby. [...]
This week saw the release of "Mademoiselle Julie", an Irish film set in Coole Castle. Featuring a prestigious cast (Colin Farrell, Jessica Chastain, Samantha Morton), "Mademoiselle Julie" paints a portrait of 19th-century Ireland, with its intrigues, manipulations and love stories. [...]
It's all new and fresh: as of Monday August 18, Ryanair's website now allows you to pay for your flight tickets using Paypal. Gone are the days of credit cards and time-consuming online payments: Ryanair is now aiming higher, with the official launch of its partnership with Paypal, the current leader in online banking. [...]
The long-awaited filming of Star Wars 7 will be taking place in Ireland this August! And it's precisely on the island of Skellig Michael that J.J. Abrams plans to shoot scenes from the upcoming film! This 100% wilderness island, also a UNESCO World Heritage Site, is a real gem, with its impressive nature and archaeological remains. [...]
The 2014 Cannes Film Festival is currently in full swing, and will soon see the screening of the highly anticipated "Jimmy's Hall", a film directed by acclaimed director Ken Loach. In the same vein as his other film "The Wind Rises", "Jimmy's Hall" is set in Ireland in the 1930s, and depicts the country as an island in search of identity, torn between past and future, struggling to recover from the damage of the 1920s Civil War. [...]
