New Year’s Eve events: What’s happening around Ireland
Simultaneous fireworks displays in Howth and Dún Laoghaire as ukelele band descends on Galway
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Fourteen fishermen rescued from boat driven onto rocks near Dingle Harbour
Concerns the Spanish owned FV Fastnet could break up on rocks at Bínn Bán in Kerry
Met Éireann forecasts cold, wet and unsettled weather this weekend with chance of thunderstorms
Met Éireann forecasts scattered showers, turning heavy at times, with a cold start to Sunday
Glen of the Downs nature reserve could expand after NPWS acquires large parcel of forestry land
‘We hope to see the National Parks & Wildlife Service resourcing an ambitious native woodland restoration project,’ says Irish Wildlife Trust
Annie Mac: ‘Growing up in London, my sons feel a lot less innocent than their Irish cousins’
Author, DJ, podcaster – the roles may change, but the pre-Christmas pilgrimage to west Kerry is non-negotiable
Gabriel Byrne searching for ‘simple’ Irish burial place, festival told
Actor addresses challenges of emigration and finding solace in literature at Dingle Literary Festival
‘We’d like to do what Dingle’s Other Voices has done’: Ireland’s shoulder season festivals
From dance in Leitrim to design in Kenmare, rural Ireland comes alive in winter with events to attract visitors
Dingle’s Fish Box restaurant makes post-tax profits of €11,000 a week
Company has undergone an expansion with a food truck and extra seating added
Dingle peninsula receives award for being Ireland’s ‘greenest place’
Skerries, Inagh, Dún Laoghaire and Co Westmeath river restoration project also honoured at ceremony in Dublin
Ireland’s Greenest Places winners: The five locations our judges loved
Communities large and small around the country are making all sorts of admirable efforts to live more sustainably, but the Dingle Peninsula claims top prize in the Irish Times competition
The couple on the Blasket: ‘There is no typical day here. The sea often has other ideas’
Camille Rosenfeld and James Hayes reflect on their summer stint as custodians
Revealed: Ireland’s Greenest Places 2025 long list
Nominee places range from the shadows of Croagh Patrick to a once derelict dump site in Dublin’s Liberties
Nine beach hotels across Ireland perfect for relaxing coastal walks
Whether you’re after a short walk on the sands or a leisurely ramble, these options from Donegal to Kerry should entice
Kerry’s secrets: I thought I knew everything the Kingdom had to offer. I was wrong
Cathedral Rocks is an awe-inducing feat of nature on Inishnabro, one of the Blasket islands, while Ballygarry Estate outside Tralee is the perfect base to explore from
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