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What’s it like being a tourist in Ireland? ‘Five minutes in Temple Bar and I’ve already spotted a man in a leprechaun suit and a hen’

Every year, 10 million tourists flock here to experience the craic, ceol and warm welcome. But does a visit live up to expectations? From Dublin to Killarney, the Blarney Stone and Glendalough, four writers find out what it’s like to be a tourist in their home towns

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'We were robbed but you can't beat the publicity' - Achill reacts to Oscars disappointment for Banshees of Inisherin

A PHOTO of Barry Keoghan’s Dominic, tagged with his by-now famous line: “There goes that dream”, did the rounds on Achill Island this morning, triggering a flurry of dismayed posts on the “Banshees’ Extras” Whatsapp group.

Irish Independent

Achill and Inis Mór are gearing up for a bumper tourist season thanks to Oscar fever over ‘The Banshees of Inisherin’

Clutching a steaming pot of manure is not the stuff Hollywood dreams are made, but not every movie is filmed with a horse in the kitchen either.

Irish Independent

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This Working Life – Why having kids at home made aviation high-flyer more productive at work

I joined Vistra in May 2022 as head of aviation. At that time their aviation business was Canyon CTS. It’s been rebranded to Vistra and in October I became MD of Vistra Ireland. With 190 employees and four pillars – aviation, corporate services to other structured finance products, corporate accounting…

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Instagram budgeting guru Santis O’Garro: ‘I never thought I’d be reduced to choosing between electricity and buying formula for my child’

Santis O’Garro will never forget the moment she totted up her myriad debts and took a look at the final tally: €15,027. It’s a number she remembers with precision.

Irish Independent

Dermot Bannon’s dad-dancing: is this the feel-good factor or a Montrose fever dream?

Stepping into RTÉ’s ‘Find Your Feelgood’ event felt like diving headfirst into some sort of bizarre Montrose-themed fever dream.

Irish Independent

Sean O’Rourke gets ‘another spin on merry-go-round’ with new documentary series

For regular listeners of RTÉ Radio 1, it was a trip down memory lane to hear Sean O’Rourke’s familiar voice back on the airwaves last Sunday.

Irish Independent

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‘It’s good when it goes wrong’: Foil, Arms and Hog on live sketches, hecklers and never over-sharing

Sean Finegan glances sideways before whispering guiltily, “We loved the lockdown.”

Irish Independent

COP27: Famines and the role of the rich in creating them must not slip the agenda of those with most to give

This week’s report from Somalia by Conor Feehan and Mark Condren in the Irish Independent has provided for us all a valuable account of the horrific situation facing people of the Horn of Africa. Somalia, for example, stands on the brink of a third famine in three decades.

Irish Independent

Conor Feehan visits Somalia: Famine and drought threatens to wipe out a generation of children

Somalia is on the brink of famine disaster, with one child now admitted to a health facility every minute of every day for treatment of severe malnutrition.

Irish Independent

Meal plans, lentils and freezing flat – Experts share their top tips on how to eat healthy and save money doing it

Earlier this year, bestselling cookery book author Jolene Cox set her social media followers a challenge. She urged them to go to their freezers and cupboards and get cooking, using up those items in storage first before stocking up on even more.

Irish Independent

Ploughing Championships goes global with record crowd – and Garth Brooks fever is still in the air

A sharp announcement came over the Tannoy in the afternoon: “Would Richard please meet Granny in car park eight.”

Irish Independent

‘Thank God for Laois’ – President Higgins and wife Sabina join farming faithful for return of the National Ploughing Championships

With wellies on their feet and maps in their hands, more than 91,000 people descended yesterday on the fields of Ratheniska, Co Laois, for the opening day of the first National Ploughing Championships since 2019.

Irish Independent

Garth Brooks at Croke Park review: An unqualified triumph, and a landmark moment in live concerts in Ireland

Even before a note of music was played last night at Croke Park in Dublin, 85,000 people seemed set to burst with excitement, with anticipation, about what was about to happen.

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‘I'm here for one purpose and that's to raise some kind of hell tonight’ – Garth Brooks thrills his fans in Croke Park

As Garth Brooks told his 80,000 screaming fans this evening, he had been waiting for this concert "his whole entire life."

Irish Independent

‘Like a child waiting to see Santy all day’ – joy for Garth Brooks fans as they travel from all over the country to Croke Park

For the Garth Brook fans who had streamed from all corners of the country to pay homage to the country music sensation, not even a sudden deluge of rain in Dublin’s city centre could put them off.

Irish Independent

‘These cookies are a symbol for the changing face of Ireland’

Jess Murphy of Kai in Galway, originally from New Zealand and now a proud Irish citizen, has been a formal high-profile supporter of UNHCR, The UN Refugee Agency, since 2017, cooking with and collecting recipes from refugees — many of them from Syria — and asylum seekers in Ireland.

Irish Independent

Inside Croke Park: Meet the team keeping GAA ‘cathedral’ pitch perfect for All-Ireland football final

Croke Park has hosted some of the most nail-biting moments in Irish sport, and was the also the site of a bloody massacre .

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Irish Independent

Forged in the fire of the financial crash, Keogh’s Crisps is now big fry globally

In early 2012, Tom Keogh’s new premium crisp brand, Keogh’s Crisps, was barely a few months old when a considerable slice of fortune fell its way.

Irish Independent

How Asia Market spiced up all our lives and taught us to eat well

It is never easy to judge demand when a business idea is first put to the test.

Irish Independent

Frank’s restaurant review: ‘The last time I visited, I didn’t have a great experience — but things have really gone up a notch’

The last time I visited Frank’s on Camden Street, I didn’t have a great experience. It was still basking in the glory of an over-hyped opening, which seemed to have gone to the restaurant’s head. Stools at the central island were at a premium, and the service was so cool,…

Irish Independent

‘It’s my happy place’ – why Star Wars fans still think the franchise is out of this world

Right now, in homes across the galaxy, excitement is building up for this Friday’s launch of Obi-Wan Kenobi on Disney+. As a huge fan of the franchise, James Treacy (39) can’t wait to watch the series, which stars actor Ewan McGregor as the Jedi Master.

Irish Independent

Nomo Ramen restaurant review: ‘The pork ramen is fabulous, easily the best I’ve eaten in Ireland’

There aren’t many Irish chefs who can say they’ve been planning their first restaurant since the age of five or six, but that’s how it is with Kevin Hughes, who, with his wife and business partner, Marta Masnou, is behind the new Nomo Ramen. Hughes grew up in Ireland, where…

Irish Independent

Self-publishing has become big business – but is there any money to be made?

When Benji Bennett decided to write his first children’s book Adam’s Cloud, he talked to a number of publishing insiders about getting the book published. The book was partly a tribute to his four-year-old son Adam, who died in 2007 of an undiagnosed brain tumour. Bennett had no plans on…

Irish Independent

‘She wasn’t crying. They have all the crying done’: Irish photographer’s heartbreaking portraits of Ukraine

When the sun disappears in the almost-deserted city of Kyiv, people draw their curtains, dim the lights and wait for a certain nightly dread to take hold.

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