The Album A new album from Ireland’s biggest band is always going to be a big event, when that band also happens to be one of the biggest bands in the world it becomes a global event. Coming hot on the heels of Bono’s Surrender, U2’s new album -...
Driving out of Abbeyfeale towards Newcastle West, icy hailstones of biblical proportions descend from the heavens, hammering my car so loudly I can’t even hear the podcast I’ve been listening to. It’s true, no one comes to Ireland for the...
READ IRISH POETRY Ireland is widely regarded the world around as the nation of saints and scholars and was one of the first nations to ever to practice what is called ‘vernacular writing’ - writing the spoken word. Practice makes perfect, so...
“Any plans for today?” I recently asked my mother, knowing exactly her response. On any given Sunday, my parents travel the short distance from our home in Navan to Trim. In addition to being the perfect base to explore the Boyne Valley - which...