Cork Food Festivals 2012 Renowned the world over as the gourmet capital of Ireland, Cork leads the way when it comes to food festivals. Spend the rest of the year in a state of culinary bliss by sampling some of the finest locally-grown produce in season prepared by craftspeople who are passionate about food. Throw in spectacular scenery and you’ve truly got a mind-blowing foodie experience! A fine example is the Baltimore Seafood Festival, from May 25th to 27th. Run in conjunction with the Baltimore Wooden Boat Festival, it combines the …
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Live at the Marquee Cork 2012
In a year when music fans will be gasping without Oxegen, Cork’s Live at the Marquee provides a welcome month-long injection of entertainment, with everybody from Tom Petty and Christy Moore to Jedward and Olly Murs set to take to the stage between June 7 and July 7, 2012. Football fans are not forgotten either. Big screens will broadcast Ireland’s European Championship group matches against Croatia, Spain, and Italy on June 10th, 14th, and 18th , accompanied by live music and pre-kick-off and half-time family entertainment. Tickets for the soccer …
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Roscommon Lamb Festival 2012
The people behind the Roscommon Lamb Festival understand that nothing comes close to the taste of succulent spring lamb cooked to perfection. This May bank holiday weekend, they will host their fifth annual festival to celebrate that fact, but the Roscommon Lamb Festival is about more than lamb; it has developed into one of the Midland’s top agricultural, country, and family festivals. Tasty features of this year’s event include the Best of Roscommon Food & Drink event “Real Roscommon Food” on Friday 4th, when Professor Patrick Wall of UCD will speak about …
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Gourmet Greystones 2012
Greystones goes gourmet this May bank holiday weekend when local chefs celebrate their passion for seasonal and local quality food. Enjoy a gastronomic tour of the world on Sunday May 6, with the best of Irish and international food on offer in the restaurants and cafes of Greystones. Learn to create your own full Irish from scratch by having a go at a black pudding making workshop with Jack McCarthy or a pork curing and charcuterie workshop with Ed Hick. Other workshops include dairy farming, cheese and butter making with …
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The Health Benefits of Guinness vs. Beer (Infographic)
Ireland’s favourite holiday is soon approaching; and while many will remember good ol’ Saint Patrick for everything he did for Christianity in Ireland, most of the world will be celebrating St. Patrick’s Day with vast amounts of alcohol consumption. With that in mind, we at GoIreland have rustled up a useful infographic about Guinness and other beers. But not just any infographic about booze. We recognize that folks in the 21st century are more health conscious than ever, so have combined these two facets to look at the health benefits of Guinness vs. other types of beer.
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Give Her a Break This Mother’s Day
Mothers across Ireland are awaiting Sunday March 18th with a mixture of hope and dread. Will you show her how much you appreciate her tireless efforts on your behalf with another bunch of wilting service-station flowers? Or will you make 2012 the year you really show how much you care? Give your mother a treat this Mother’s Day with a voucher for a GoIreland hotel break. For just €74.50pps, she can enjoy two nights bed and breakfast at a range of superb 3 and 4 star hotels throughout Ireland. And …
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St. Patrick’s Day - The World Goes Green for St. Patrick’s Day 2012
Some of the world’s most iconic sights will go green for St. Patrick’s Day this year. In addition to the London Eye, South Africa’s Table Mountain, and New York’s Empire State Building, Niagara Falls and the TV Tower in Berlin will go green for the first time ever.
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Enda Kenny Launches New Tourism Initiative For Ireland
Taoiseach Enda Kenny leaped into action on behalf of Irish tourism recently when he launched Tourism Ireland’s “Jump into Ireland” campaign in New York. Addressing a huge crowd, he spoke for nearly 15 minutes about the multiple beneficial effects of tourism on the Irish economy. “We recognize as a government that tourism is of fundamental importance to our economy,” he said. “We appreciate the fact that you come to our shores and we are going to see to it that you get a really good quality experience during your visit.” …
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PR: Occupy Ireland campaign can create 40,000 tourism jobs - Stay home and change the game!
Ireland’s largest online travel agent has released figures showing that if one in three of us who are planning to go abroad this year decided to holiday at home we would create an immediate 40,000 jobs in the tourism sector Or lose if we don’t.Irish people will spend over €5 bn on travel abroad this year . It has also done new research to show that for the same price of a family holiday abroad, 2 Irish weeklong holidays and 2 mini breaks could be taken, leading to greater wellbeing and year round satisfaction.
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Win tickets for the Holiday World Show 2012 – RDS Dublin 27-29 January 2012
GoIreland is proud to announce that we will be both exhibiting and presenting at The Holiday World Show at the RDS, Dublin 27th to 29th January.
The Holiday World Show is a travel & tourism exhibit that connects consumers with travel outlets in order to promote tourism both at home and abroad. The show promotes various destinations, sun holidays, cruises, staycations, and even adventure holidays for those that are a bit more adventurous!
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