Festival
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Holiday highs: Where can you go to experience legal cannabis?
- Travel
- November 7, 2015, 11:00
The whiff of weed is spreading across the globe as more countries decriminalise the possession of small quantities of cannabis. The Netherlands has(...)

Blooming lovely: the annual rose festival
- Homes & Property
- July 18, 2015, 01:10
If you’re a dedicated rose-lover, then perhaps you already know the story of ‘Peace’. An aristocrat amongst rose cultivars which celebrates its 80th b(...)

Monaghan: big views from little hills
- Ireland
- June 13, 2015, 01:01
The new Monaghan Tourism website does not exaggerate when it describes the local landscape as “unspoiled”. The county of the little hills is indeed(...)

What’s on around Ireland this weekend
- Irish News
- February 13, 2015, 17:07
Festival of Russian cultureDublin city will celebrate the coming of spring through the Russian Cultural Festival from Saturday to Sunday, February 22n(...)

Sixteen festivals to share almost €2 million in Fáilte Ireland funding
- Irish News
- December 9, 2014, 14:00
Public funding of almost €2 million has been allocated for major festivals next year, including €1 million for the St Patrick’s Festival in Dublin. Fá(...)

Rose heartened by response to revelations that she is gay
- Irish News
- August 25, 2014
The new Rose of Tralee Maria Walsh has said she has received positive feedback since going public on being gay. Ms Walsh said the question of her sex(...)

Rory Gallagher guitar back in Ireland
- Irish News
- April 18, 2014, 12:12
An Irish entrepreneur and music fan has spoken of his delight at being able to bring a limited edition electric guitar specially crafted for Ir(...)

Nazis, cowboys and buckets – all in a weekend’s festivaling
- Culture
- May 31, 2013, 00:00
Sitting outside a Co Wexford pub on a bright evening, enjoying the sea view, pulling on a pint of iced cider like a sucky calf with the drought, discu(...)

Rise in visitor numbers attributed to The Gathering
- News
- May 7, 2013, 06:00
The Gathering has significantly boosted tourism figures so far this year from North America and continental Europe, Fáilte Ireland stati(...)

Word for Word: the literary month ahead
- Books
- April 27, 2013, 06:00
The festival season gets into full swing next month, beginning with Strokestown Poetry Festival, which runs from Friday until next Sunday in the Co(...)