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50 things to do in Ireland this summer

WE PICK OUT SOME CREATIVE WAYS TO SPEND THE WARMER MONTHS AS COVID-19 RESTRICTIONS GRADUALLY EASE Things you can do this weekend and all summer (...)

Fianna Fáil’s John McGuinness topped the poll in 2016. His public profile as well as a strong electoral base makes him the leader in the field once more. File photograph: Nick Bradshaw.
Election 2020: Carlow-Kilkenny constituency profile

Carlow-Kilkenny (five seats) Current: 2 FG, 2 FF, 1 SF At the last general election in 2016, Fianna Fáil came close to winning three seats out of fi(...)

Inside the Cow house in Portlaoise.
Fancy a stay in Ireland’s quirkiest cow shed?

David Keane, proprietor of the Store Yard in Portlaoise, is a self-professed hoarder who turned a hobby into a profession. The former builder develope(...)

Alicia McKiernan from Gorey at Aras an Uachtarain in Dublin’s Phoenix Park on Wednesday. Photograph: Dara Mac Dónaill
Record temperatures continue with 32 degrees recorded in Shannon

A temperature of 32 degress was recorded in the west of Ireland on Thursday as the State’s heatwave continued. Met Éireann said seven weather statio(...)

Treetop attraction: Castlecomer Discovery Park
Cat laughs: Family-friendly breaks in Kilkenny

When the Irish go abroad, they sit on open-top tour buses, visit cultural highlights, and seek out hidden gems. But at home in Ireland? We tend to st(...)

‘Window Sill’ by William John Leech made €25,500 at Dolan’s
Auction results and forthcoming events

Auction results Monday & Tuesday (August 1st& 2nd) Dolan’s Art Auction House, summer art auction, Ballyconneely, Connemara, Co Galway. 80 pe(...)

Burning of the Kelp on Clare Island, by Tony O’Malley
Early, unknown works by Tony O’Malley at Dolan’s Galway sale

The legacy of the prolific Irish artist Tony O’Malley, who died in 2003, is turning out to be the gift that keeps on giving. In March this year, two (...)