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St Patrick’s Day parades on the island of Ireland With parades and celebrations galore taking place across the island, Ireland is the best place to be this St Patrick’s day! The epicentre of the merriment is the huge St Patrick’s Day Festival in Dublin (16th-19th March). This year’s National St Patrick’s Day parade, driven by community, diversity, youth and sustainability values, will be...

CREDIT JILLIAN BOLGER, VISIT DUBLIN Every January TradFest Temple Bar fills the Dublin air with the uplifting sounds of bodhráns and banjos, fiddles and flutes. This year, the landmark traditional music festival runs from January 25-29, with a host of bars and performance spaces welcoming established and emerging musical talent from Ireland and beyond. The mainstay of the festival is...

Fáilte Ireland has today launched a new plan to help drive and sustain tourism in the Dingle Peninsula. Entitled the ‘Visitor Experience Development Plan for the Dingle Peninsula’ (with a corresponding Irish version) the plan aims to create a sustainable tourism destination by extending the tourism season and spreading business across all parts of the Dingle Peninsula over the...

The Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media, Catherine Martin T.D., today (3rd December 2020) welcomed the establishment of a Recovery Oversight Group for the tourism sector. The Group, appointed by the Minister, met for the first time today and will be chaired by Nóirín Hegarty, VP Lonely Planet, and member of the Board of Tourism Ireland. The...

New Shannon Tourism Masterplan to transform tourism in Ireland’s Hidden Heartlands and drive rural development. A major new plan to develop the tourism potential of the Shannon region, The Shannon Tourism Masterplan, has been launched by Darragh O’Brien T.D, Minister for Housing, Local Government & Heritage and Catherine Martin T.D., Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media with...

Escape to a kingdom of exquisite beauty and charm Cannonball 4X4 road trip announced for Kerry November 10th -11th 2023 |  www.cannonball.ie The thrill of wild, rugged landscapes, breath-taking cross-country and mountain drives, warm friendly pubs and spirited traditional Irish music as autumn bequeaths her most vibrant hues, a gift of seasons past and a promise of seasons to come.   The third...

Art worth an estimated €7 million (£6 million) by artists as diverse as Andy Warhol, Salvador Dali, Banksy, Pablo Picasso and Patrick O’Reilly will go on display this weekend at Ireland’s biggest post-lockdown art fair. The final touches are being made to Art and Soul – The Holywood International Art and Sculpture Fair, at the five-star Culloden Estate and Spa...

There are lots of ways to enjoy St Patrick’s Day, from parades, parties and pints of Guinness to pilgrimage walks and hearty traditional Irish food. Ireland’s biggest festival is on the horizon and across the island towns and cities are gearing up for the annual St Patrick’s Day celebrations (17 March). Fabulous festivals will take place in cities from Armagh in the north...

Minister O’Donovan announces free admission to OPW visitor sites in support of the Government’s recovery and reopening plan. Mr. Patrick O’ Donovan T.D., Minister of State with responsibility for the Office of Public Works (OPW), today announced that admission charges to all fee-paying open OPW heritage sites are being waived in line with the Government’s recovery and reopening plan outlined...

OPW Heritage Sites that are open for Cocooners during COVID-19. The government has decided that, as of midnight on Wednesday 21 October, all of Ireland was to be placed on Level 5 of the Plan for Living with COVID. All indoor OPW Heritage sites were closed. Outdoor playgrounds, play areas and parks all remain open with protective measures in place, as...