Department of Foreign Affairs advises against travel to Bahamas
A travel advisory warns against all non-essential travel to the Bahamas, with Hurricane Irene set to hit within 48 hours.
View ArticleNorth America's only legal drug injection facility to stay open, says...
Canada’s Supreme Court ruled today against the government’s efforts to shut down the facility in Vancouver.
View ArticleNumber of overseas visitors to Ireland up for the first time in four years
The Irish Tourist Industry Confederation said the number of overseas visitors to Ireland had risen this past year.
View ArticleRiverdance bids farewell to US
After 16 years Riverdance will end its US tour in June. The final St Patrick’s Day performance will take place in Chicago this weekend.
View ArticlePHOTOS: Last night's annular eclipse as seen around the world
The sun, moon and earth came into specific points of their orbit last night which made it look like there was a ring of fire around the moon.
View ArticleLatest visitor figures described as 'flat' by Tourism Ireland
Three million tourists came to Ireland in the first six months of the year.
View ArticleCanada: Woman's severed head found in park
The grim find comes just one day after a human foot was discovered by hikers near the location.
View ArticleTaken 2 tops North American box office on debut
Liam Neeson’s Taken 2 brought in around $50 million at the US box office this weekend.
View ArticleUS-Mexico border hit by two offshore earthquakes
The two quakes – which struck only 17 seconds apart – are of magnitude 6.4 and 6.1, but no tsunami alerts have been issued.
View ArticleIrish-produced DJ drama could be the next Ugly Betty (with decks)
This is the first time an Irish company has sold drama format rights to the US, the company behind Beat Girl said.
View ArticleRaul Castro raises possibility of retiring as Cuban president
The 81-year-old is due to be installed for another five-year term on Sunday – but may not see it through.
View ArticleSome pearls of Aussie wisdom from Ireland’s new head coach Les Kiss
The Australian will take charge of the national team for the summer rugby tour to North America.
View ArticleOlding and Henshaw to make debut in USA as Madigan given the nod at 10
Ian Madigan will make his first start for Ireland as will Iain Henderson and David Kilcoyne.
View ArticleMcFadden ends season on hat-trick high as Ireland chisel out win in Canada
Ireland finished strong, with four tries in the final 25 minutes of the season.
View Article5 things we learned from Ireland's summer tour
Les Kiss and Joe Schmidt turned down the chance to experiment wildly and Ian Madigan was the go-to guy.
View ArticleTrips to Ireland increase – with American visitors leading the way
Tourism Ireland says certain markets, such as North America, were performing particularly well this year and that mainland Europe would be a “critical” area for tourism growth for the rest of 2013.
View ArticleUp and away: Fourth month of air traffic growth at Dublin Airport
Air traffic saw a growth of 3.9 per cent in June – but how many flights were there per day on average?
View ArticleEx-CEO of Enterprise Ireland to become chair of IDA Ireland
Frank Ryan will appear before the Joint Committee for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation later today to discuss the appointment.
View ArticleLooks like The Gathering worked — last year was officially our best for...
Tourism bosses say they’re thrilled with today’s official figures. Gabriel Byrne, probably not so much…
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