Let’s go to the theatre: the final chapter
There is no more time! Dress up and go out, the show will start in a couple of hours! Don’t be lazy and spend your lunch time watching an incredible performance. Did you miss out the Beckett’s play? Was…
Amrosia Which Cures Heart Disease
While excessive and binge drinking is best avoided, moderate drinking (1-2 units a day) can have some benefits for heart health. There’s long been discussion about the risks and rewards that drinking wine has on your health. So what’s true and what’s not?…
The Daredevils Who Nearly Flew Into Space
It was one of the most foolhardy flights in history, and only a stroke of luck at 37,000ft prevented them drifting up to their deaths at the edge of the atmosphere. The dead pigeons should have been James Glaisher’s…
The Megafestival with the Who, the Rolling Stones, Bob Dylan and Paul McCartney
The Who singer says his band will play the Coachella-produced event in October. Last weekend, the organisers of the Coachella festival in California announced plans to put on a three-day mega-festival with just two acts per night: Bob Dylan…
Garda Needs 900 New Members
While about 650 trainees are due to enter the Garda College, Templemore this year, the Association of Garda Superintendents (AGSI) has said it was clear this was not enough. The association’s annual delegate conference in Naas, Co Kildare, also heard…
Pretty Fly (For an Irish Guy)
Donegal Airport has been voted one of the world’s most beautiful approaches in a global poll of travel experts and fans. 10 Best Scenic Airport Landings: Malta International Airport, Malta Nice Cote D’Azur Airport, France Queenstown Airport, New Zealand Barra…
Message In a Bottle
Communication thrown into sea by Plymouth biologist in 1906 and found by German woman confirmed as oldest in the world. You remember this Sting song? Just a castaway An island lost at sea Another lonely day With no one…
Irish Demography
Population 4,832,765 (July 2014 est.) Age structure 0-14 years: 21.4% (male 529,140/female 506,857) 15-24 years: 11.9% (male 292,962/female 283,127) 25-54 years: 44.1% (male 1,070,875/female 1,061,396) 55-64 years: 10.1% (male 245,913/female 244,345) 65 years and over: 12.4% (male 275,114/female 323,036) (2014…
Top 10 Facts About Ireland
Which impressed you the most? 1. Ireland is the only country in the world that has a musical instrument – the harp – as its national symbol. The oldest known harp in existence is housed in Trinity College, Dublin. It dates…