Destination Ireland Guide

  The ABAIR programme is back for 2024!   ABAIR is St. Patrick’s Festival’s flagship traditional arts strand, sponsored by the Arts Council Traditional Arts fund, which explores the Irish traditions of storytelling, song, and oral history and traces their links around the world. Curated by traditional singer Macdara Yeates, and now in its 6th year, the multi-format programme offers a wide array...

  Save the date for the 15th Annual Waterford Festival of Food 19-21 April 2024 Waterford Festival of Food (formerly called West Waterford Festival of Food) will take place this year from Friday 19th April to Sunday 21st April 2024. So save the date as food lovers from across Ireland descend upon the scenic seaside town of Dungarvan and beyond. The 2024 Festival...

Dublin Wins Smart Tourism Capital Award 2024 Accolade recognises Dublin as a leading city in sustainable innovation Dublin has won the European Commission’s Smart Tourism Capital Award designation for 2024. The accolade recognises outstanding achievements by European cities as tourism destinations in four categories: sustainability, accessibility, digitalisation as well as cultural heritage and creativity. The judging panel recognised that Dublin has...

Thinking of running the Cork City Marathon this June 2? With 16 weeks to go, here are some training tips and advice Registrations are open for the Full Marathon, Half Marathon and 10k run, which is back due to popular demand #CorkCityMarathon24 #EveryMileisaMemory  Are you thinking of running this year’s Cork City Marathon on June 2nd, 2024? Led by Cork City Council, the 2024 event...

Ireland is going green (and not just on St Patrick’s Day)   The world goes green on St Patrick’s Day to celebrate all things Irish, but the island of Ireland is also going green in a different way. Ireland has committed to cutting greenhouse gas emissions in half by 2030 and to achieving net-zero emissions by 2050. It’s a commitment that is...