What would Halloween be without traditions, eh? We’ve got a very special, and rather unusual, Halloween Recipe for you – Irish Colcannon, with a twist. Russet leaves. That’s the first thing Halloween brings to my mind. Russet leaves covering the lawn like a crunchy ginger blanket. Of course, I was one of the lucky ones. My [...]

We’ve got castles, cemeteries, churches and pubs that stretch back centuries, so it’s no surprise that, every so often, things go bump in the night. Come to think of it, it’s a good thing we’re not easily scared! Tales of ghosts, ghouls, devils and gravediggers are ten-a-penny, so in the spirit of Samhain and all-things [...]

You know how Hollywood movies always portray Halloween as this amazing city-wide fiasco? Perfectly-carved pumpkins flicker grotesque grins, candy appears by the bucket-load, ghosts and goblins creep out of every corner and every character has an amazing costume (the studio costume department probably helps). How sad that life is never how it appears in the [...]

Meet Declan Mills. He’s a Ghost Guide on the Ghostbus, a revamped double-decker that’s been haunting the streets of Dublin for over 10 years. He’s agreed to talk to us just before the spookiest event on Ireland’s calendar: Halloween. The cynic in me has to immediately ask him, does anyone ever actually see anything on [...]

Now you all know us Irish are humble to the bone, and are loath to ever mention our accomplishments.   So naturally you know we’d hate to make a fuss, or call attention to ourselves, but we thought we’d quietly point out that the holiday coming up on the 31st October, the second biggest celebration [...]