Le French Hand job! Merde!Feelings are running high in Ireland after the country failed to qualify for World Cup 2010 in South Africa. The only topic of discussion in Ireland today is the French Hand job! Merde!! Ireland suffered the cruelest of Wor...

A web site can in many ways be compared to a retail store. When you open a shop you have to go through the following steps to build your retail business: Learn about the retailing business Store Decoration and Fit-out External signage, adverti...

AIB announces new managing director is to be: a) appointed from within despite a search for an outside candidate that apparently found nobody suitable for the job b) to be paid more than the €500,000 per annum cap Minister Lenihan put on bakers sala...

Not so long ago I wrote about the National Campaign For the Arts being launched and how they were planning to raise awareness for the arts and try their best not to allow their budgets to be cut. Well they came up with a very novel way of promotin...

I do an occasional slot as a guest on the Sunday View, WLRFM’s review of the Sunday papers. It’s an excellent show with a variety of panellists from the Waterford area – check it out on Sundays from 12-1 on 95.1 FM if you’re...

A list of events taking place over the next seven days in Dublin. Tuesday 17th Nov - Foggy presents Tickley Feather, Patrick Kelleher @ Whelan’s Upstairs (€12) Wednesday 18th Nov - Datarock @ The Academy (€17) - Le Galaxie, The Ambience Affai...

The Taoiseach, Brian Cowen T.D. announced this afternoon that Máire Geoghegan-Quinn, currently the Irish member of the European Court of Auditors, will be the Government’s nominee for appointment to the next European Commission. “I am pleased to an...

We are doing a very special offer on domain names, holding pages, and managed hosting. This is the perfect excuse to get professional help in securing your web presence for any projects or ideas you have in your head.The Offer Domain name of your ch...

It’s getting to that time of the year again, when the ‘Best-of-Year’ selections are made, and Crime Always Pays has never been backward about clambering aboard a bandwagon. Yep, it’s the ‘Crime Always Pays’ Irish Novel of the Year Award, that somew...

I was in Egypt a few years ago and thought the food was very good indeed. For some of the time, I stayed with a family so I got to  experience some Egyptian takes on some of my favourite dishes. As a big fan of Kofta I was in heaven but it was the f...

Sad farewell to a solid actor.Much-loved actor Edward Woodward passed away Monday (Nov 16) at the Royal Cornwall Hospital aged 79. He had been suffering from health problems for some time. Born in Surrey in 1930, Woodward graduated from London’s Roy...

The Youghal CYMS AGM will take place at the society’s premises, market square, this Sunday 22nd November 2009 at 3pm sharp. All members are requested to attend. Photo: Michael Hussey www.youghalonline.com Graphic: Claire Regan Email: news@you...

The Irish Waste Management Association (IWMA) today claimed the proposed Poolbeg incinerator was "grossly oversized" relative to waste needs and called for an urgent review of the project.The IWMA was releasing the findings of an independent report ...

The Dublin City Business Improvement District (BID) will ignite your child’s imagination this Christmas with a host of FREE seasonal entertainment, including hilarious puppet shows and festive storytelling sessions, as part of its BIDs for Kids Wint...

Back on the world stage for the first time in thirty three years (and for the first time ever on these shores), Yusuf Islam has chosen to make his return in a decidedly eclectic and non-conformist manner. It was, undoubtedly, a spectacular way to ma...

I have never been a fan of X factor. I hate it in fact. Waste of time. I wouldn’t even give it a couple of minutes in the past but this year I had been hearing an awful lot of fuss about Jedward and when I happened to spot them a couple of wee...

Last Monday Esquire revealed that they would once again be pushing the boundaries of print. As I'm sure everyone will remember, Esquire's first foray into enhanced print was with their ePaper 75th Anniversary issue, and following that they did their...

Minister O’Keeffe urges schools to work with HSE as swine flu vaccine plan begins The Minister for Education and Science, Batt O’Keeffe TD, today [Wednesday 18 Nov. 2009] urged schools to continue to cooperate with the Health Services Executive (HS...

Yesterday we had a comment from a first-timer Zia, a Montreal-er who had lived in Dublin and hopes to move back at some point. But she has a problem with Irish hairdressers - and it’s a cost one: ” they are all so expensive!,” she...

Other Voices is RTE’s show featuring music recorded live in the lovely St. James’ Church in Dingle. The Kerry town is once again getting ready for the next series of recordings, making it the eighth installment so far. The show will be recorde...

A business breakfast hosted by Mason Hayes+Curran, in association with the Irish Software Association and the Digital Enterprise Research Institute (DERI), about the legal challenges and commercial possibilities of the Semantic Web, the next evoluti...

In retrospect, the first official leak from the new Vampire Weekend album Contra, ‘Horchata’ was not really as exciting as it could have been. ‘Cousins’ is a different beast altogether: frantic, fun and frolicsome, like a you...

Here are a few crochet coral workshops happening around the country. If you are interested in having a workshop in your area, please get in touch, and we will help in anyway we can.More information and patterns, on the Irish Hyperbolic Crocheted Cor...

Irish LGBTs are about to take the next step on the journey to equality. The Partnership Bill isn’t perfect but it’s a step on the road. When forging ahead, it’s always important to look back, to use the past as a touchstone, ground...

Foinse, Ireland’s biggest Irish language newspaper has today announced that it’s newly refreshed Foinse newspaper will be distributed free every Wednesday, starting 18 November with the Irish Independent, the largest selling national quality daily i...

Thirty Seconds To Mars return to Ireland to play an exclusive show at the O2, Dublin on Friday 26 February. Tickets €39.20 including booking fee go on sale this Friday 20th at 9am. The band release their second album This Is War for the tour, comple...

Blogging is largely a self taught art where newbies pick up tips and secrets from more established bloggers who share their experiences with the next generation. There is no official guide to blogging as so many people have so many different opinion...

Is the world heading for deflation or inflation? If you talk to serious investors and long-term followers of economic trends, this is the big question. As in the boom – when the major conundrum was whether we could continue borrowing and spending ...

Bite-Free Budget Options with For Every Body New Moon Ticket Give away and 10 cent Candles At the For Every Body Bi-Annual Outlet Sale For Every Body Outlet Sale Kicks Off Thursday the 19th with Free New Moon Opening Night Movie tickets to 32 Shoppe...

Beach House are another band who have announced a 2010 album. But their 2010 album has already leaked to the internet in 2009. I haven't heard it myself, but people are telling me that Teen Dream is their best and most consistent record yet. So it'l...