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Ireland welcomes a wave of international visitors for the St. Patrick’s Day weekend festivities
Hundreds of thousands of international tourists are expected to travel to the country over the bank holiday weekend for St. Patrick’s Day celebrations. By Alex Cloud Fáilte Ireland estimates that over 589,000 people attended the three-day St. Patrick’s Day festival last year, which generated €138 million in visitor revenue. While the figures for the current year are undetermined, Dublin Live reported that over half a million people were in…
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Democrats Abroad Ireland hosted almost 140 US citizens in the Arlington Hotel in Dublin yesterday who were able to vote as part of the presidential primary elections. Rea, who is originally from Texas and has been living in Ireland for four-and-a-half years, proudly cast her vote for Bernie Sanders. “I am delighted that I get…
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In the first episode of our new feature – Music from the Alley – we caught up with Kolumbus. Hailing from Co. Wicklow, he performed his first solo show in Whelans last week to great success. Watch the interview below to hear how he beat Justin Bieber to the number one spot and see an…
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“Invigilators, papers please”. These are the words that mark the start of every UCD Christmas and summer exam and they will echo around the massive hall of the RDS again in little over two months’ time. While UCD’s students can rest assured that no matter how harrowing their ordeal is the pain will not be…
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With the SSE Airtricity League set to kick off on 4 March, The City decided to preview the 3 Dublin clubs that will be participating in the league – Bohemian F.C, Shamrock Rovers and St. Patrick’s Athletic. Bohemian F.C Overview Founded on 6 September 1890, Bohemian F.C is Dublin’s oldest football club, and also…
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Recently I stumbled across this advertisement for Ulster Bank on Kevin Street. ‘Déjà vu,’ I thought to myself. I was forced into believing I was standing back on George’s Street, gazing up at that awful, distasteful mural of two chaps hugging one another. How terribly unromantic. Two men being romantic — how inalienable to think.…
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As darkness descended yesterday, politicians throughout the country put their feet up safe in the knowledge they could do no more. Today, the Irish electorate finally go to the polling stations. However, those standing for election are not the only ones who view the election count as an important event in the political cycle. Amid…
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