It’s the time of year when talk around the office turns to our favourite festive treats and tipples. Given it’s the season of giving, we decided to share some of the team’s top home-grown recipes with you all. Try them out, tuck in, and bring a little of Ireland to your Christmas table this year! [...]

‘A pint of Guinness, please.’ It was the third time I’d witnessed a tourist approach the bar in Messrs Maguire’s and ask, in varying levels of English, for a pint of what is admittedly Dublin’s most famous export. In most , it’s a perfectly typical thing to ask. But Messrs is not most pubs.  is [...]

Travel writer Colleen Setchell visited Ireland in April. Here she shares some tales and tips from her adventure. My heart was heavy when I boarded my plane, not because I discovered that it had propellers and I’m not a good flier, but because I realised that 10 days was simply not enough to see Ireland. [...]

It may not quite be a jungle out there, but there’s a lot of wildlife in Ireland worth watching. Things with wings, fins, tails and talons, from the seas to the skies to all the grass, forest, bog and woodland in between. Erica Reed grabs her binoculars… When I think of whales, I always end [...]

Behind every song or poem is a good story, place or character. And wouldn’t you know some of the most interesting have been inspired by Ireland in some big, small or touching way. From Johnny Cash to James Joyce, artists, musicians and poets taken pen to paper and finger to cord in honour of Ireland. [...]