Attractions Features

• Phoenix Park celebrates 350 year anniversary

  14th March 2012
  

  The Phoenix Park is celebrating its 350th anniversary this year, though it doesn’t look a day over 100.There will be several events hosted over the course of the year to commemorate this milestone including street parties, a lecture series,..... more

• Dublin's Science Gallery prepares to hack the city in 2012

  11th January 2012
  

  Dublin’s Science Gallery is renowned as one of the most innovative, interactive and educational attractions in Dublin, and 2012 is set to be another big year for the Pearse Street site. Currently, the acclaimed Surface Tension exhibition is in..... more

• Clothing swap shops and brilliant boudoirs for savvy shopping in 2012

  5th January 2012
  

  As 2012 opens for business, most of the country is having a long hard think about what impossible resolutions they can manage to dream up and break speedily this year. From walking to work, to going to the gym nine times a week, and of course the..... more

• 5 of the best attractions in Derry

  4th January 2012
  

  Derry city and its surroundings have a long, checkered past. The site of the Bloody Sunday incident in 1972, Derry is the second biggest city in Northern Ireland and the fourth largest on the island. It is less modern than its neighbour Belfast, but... more

• 5 of the best attractions in Clare

  21st December 2011
  

  One of Ireland's most picturesque counties, Clare is a hub of traditional music, beautiful sights and interesting small towns like Kilkee, Lisdoonvarna and Feakle. Visitors will find great surf, lovely beaches and some of the most popular natural..... more

• Visit Ireland's horse racing mecca - The National Stud

  13th December 2011
  

  Horse racing has always been entwined in some way with the Irish psyche. Whether it’s something to do with our close relationship and dependence on farm horses, or just a simple appreciation of the sentient equine being, Irish people have always..... more

• 5 of the best attractions in Carlow

  12th December 2011
  

  One of the smallest counties in Ireland, Carlow is chock-full of friendly people from farming stock who are always up for a laugh. Sandwiched between Kilkenny, Laois and Wexford, the county town of Carlow is an old market town with narrow streets,..... more

• 10 of the best attractions in Antrim

  9th December 2011
  

  Home of Belfast, capital city of the north, Co. Antrim is chock-full of entertaining attractions, from the rugged coastline, to the tradition and multifaceted history of the city itself. Perfect for a weekend break, whether you’re there for..... more

• Kilkenny’s Slip Sweet Shop takes you back to a simpler time.

  11th November 2011
  

  Bullseyes, apple drops, stinger bars, catch bars, milk teeth, white mice, the list goes on. We all remember these sweet blasts from the past, and a time when penny jellies actually cost a penny! Many a tooth was chipped eating traditional boiled..... more

• Puppetry fun at Ireland's only purpose built puppet theatre

  2nd November 2011
  

  As a nation of saints, scholars, artists, and poets, you might be forgiven if puppetry wasn’t the first thing that came to mind when you think of Irish culture. However, ask any Irish person over the age of 35 about their early memories, and one..... more