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The “Dash to Dingle” is living up to its name

— Especially if youve never been to Kerry:  from yoga retreats to post-posal breaks away, theres plenty to do on Irish holidays. 

The SFWSC identifies the Best in Show, the highest accolade it bestows, for Best White Spirit, Best Whisky, Best Brandy and Best Liqueur. It also awards Best in Category awards across 79 different classes of spirits. Key spirit categories, like whisky or brandy, include numerous subcategories.

With St Patricks Day cancelled for a second time due to Covid-19, Wexford County Council are looking at creative ways to mark our national festival and perhaps send out a little message of hope. Labour councillor George Lawlor last week got in touch with Brian Cantwell of Event Lighting Solutions and County Secretary David Minogue to get the ball rolling on greening-up some iconic Wexford locations for St Patricks Day. Basically, Id reached out to Brian Cantwell with the idea and last week I me...

Westminster College Celebrity Series presents virtual St. Patrick’s Day show ‘Ireland with Michael’ Share on: Posted on Monday, March 1, 2021 Westminster College’s Celebrity Series will present a special St. Patrick’s Day virtual concert, “Ireland with Michael,” with renowned Irish singer Michael Londra at 7 p.m. Wednesday, March 17. The never-before-seen show was recorded in front of a live audience at the National Opera House in Wexford, Ireland, and features Lon...

Scubaverse Underwater Photographer Interview: Ivan Donoghue Published 1 month ago NRB: Tell us a little about yourself ID: My name is Ivan Donoghue.  I live in a coastal county of Ireland called Wexford and it was with Wexford Sub Aqua Club that I learned to dive in 1990.  In 1996 I bought my first small housing for a disposable camera, then moving up through a Nikonos V, several compact digital cameras and now shoot with a Canon 7Dii DSLR in an Aquatica housing. Over the years I’ve had m...

Book reviews: tall tales of the high seas, from Waterfords vantage point To say that Doherty, from Cheekpoint in Co Waterford, is steeped in stories of the sea is a bit like saying the tide itself ebbs and flows. A Clyde Shipping Co. vessel in Waterford Harbour Sun, 21 Feb, 2021 - 07:33 Dan MacCarthy Andrew Doherty History Press Ireland, €12.99  THE past year has seen the publication of some fabulous Irish maritime books not least Connie Kelleher’s The Alliance of Pirates, and Marc Vallig...

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28th January 2021 Sub-Lieut Tahlia Britton from Rossnowlagh, Co Donegal, Credit: Davy Jones/Óglaigh na hÉireann “We’ll always give our best, treat every incident as if it is one of our own.... and try our utmost to get a missing family member back to their loved one.....” The words of Lieut Stephen Stack, head of the Naval Service diving unit, speaking about what keeps his colleague “motivated and driven to succeed”. Last year, Sub-Lieut Tahlia Britton from Rossnowlagh, Co Donegal,...

January is normally the month when we dream of escaping the dark skies and chill of winter and plan that sun-soaked holiday, city break or long-haul adventure.