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Angling Notes: Study finds little-known information about ferox trout
- Other Sports
- November 23, 2020, 00:00
A new scientific paper entitled: “The spawning location of vulnerable ferox trout (Salmo trutta L.) in Lough Corrib and Lough Mask catchments, Western(...)

Revenue’s stay-and-spend scheme a chance to enjoy top hotels
- Travel
- October 5, 2020, 00:00
Pricewatch was delighted to wake up last Thursday morning to realise that it was the dawn of a six-month spell over which Minister for Finance Paschal(...)

One of Ireland’s biggest lakes without rescue boat as engine stolen
- Irish News
- September 25, 2020, 12:04
One of the largest lakes in Ireland has been left without a search and rescue service after the engine and navigation gear on the volunteer unit’s boa(...)

Blonde hair, blue eyes often not dominant characteristics of Irish Vikings, study finds
- Science
- September 16, 2020, 16:00
Some 1,300 years after Viking invaders from Scandinavia set foot in Ireland, DNA technology has enabled scientists to determine their genetic make-up.(...)

Covid-19: Westport braces for tough times ahead
- Transport & Tourism
- April 3, 2020, 05:26
Noel Kavanagh will have invested just shy of €6 million between his two businesses on Westport’s Octagon by the end of this year. “The timing couldn’t(...)

How a Galway 2020 mountain illumination managed to survive Covid-19 restrictions
- Culture
- March 15, 2020
“If a tree falls in a forest and no one is around to hear it, does it make a sound?” Or in this case: if the illumination of a whole Connemara mountai(...)

‘Don’t move to a commuter town – a lonely and isolating experience’
- Homes & Property
- January 11, 2020, 06:00
They say that moving house is near the top of the leader board when it comes to stressful events – so most people try to keep it to a minimum. But Ma(...)

Relive scenes from The Quiet Man on this idyllic stroll in Co Mayo
- Travel
- December 18, 2019, 01:00
By any standards, The Quiet Man is an extravagant excursion into twee stage Irishness – an enormous cliche from start to finish. It had no relevance e(...)

Ashford Castle: Eighty years old and more gorgeous than ever
- Ireland
- December 14, 2019, 01:00
A number of years ago I had an American boyfriend who was keen to see Cong, home of the 1952 film The Quiet Man, and Ashford Castle. Americans tend to(...)

Irish five-star hotels are ‘losing the hospitality’ factor
- Ireland
- September 22, 2019, 06:00
Ireland’s carefully cultivated tourism image as the land of a hundred thousand welcomes took a hit this week when one of the big names in the hospital(...)