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In the old rhythm of the Irish year, November was not the month of endings but of transformation. It began with Samhain, the most mysterious of all ancient festivals, when the border between worlds dissolved like mist over the bogs, and time itself stood still to listen. To the people of early Ireland, Samhain was both the death of summer and the birth of winter — the pause between the inhale and exhale of the earth. Cattle were brought down from the hills, fields were cleared of their last sheaves, and fires were extinguished in every home so that they could later be rekindled from a sacred flame. It was a ritual of cleansing and renewal, a way of making sure that what had grown old in the light would find a new life in the dark.

They say that when the world was still young and the wind remembered the names of gods, an island rose from the western sea — green as the first morning after rain. Its people built temples of stone and light so that the sun could enter them on the shortest day of the year.
They did not know the word eternity, yet they carved it — in spirals, knots, and lines that echoed the breath of the world.
That is how the story of Ireland began — a land where everything was made to remember.

Relocating to another country isn’t only about buying new luggage or finding an apartment with decent light — it’s about understanding how your new home treats your income. For anyone planning to move to Ireland, Germany, or Australia, tax systems quietly shape daily life. They decide how much freedom you have after payday, how much you can save, and sometimes even how long you’ll stay. Choosing a country without understanding its tax logic is like booking a flight without knowing the destination.

The Irish property market in 2025 is a paradox in motion. Prices climb, supply shrinks, and demand refuses to slow — yet the country’s housing story is not one of crisis alone. It’s a portrait of migration, adaptation, and quiet resilience.
 Ireland’s suburbs and regional towns are no longer the periphery — they are where the country’s next chapter is being written.

When the Nomad Capitalist Passport Index 2025 was published, the usual hierarchy of global power shifted.
For the first time, Ireland took the number one spot — ahead of Switzerland, Greece, and Portugal — with a score of 109 out of 120.

It wasn’t only about visa-free access. Ireland’s rise reflected a broader truth: this small island has quietly built one of the world’s most balanced societies — combining economic freedom, political stability, and a culture of trust.

Once, the microphone at Raidió na Gaeltachta glowed with the warmth of its valves, and the studio in Casla smelled of peat smoke and coffee. Today, the same voice streams on Spotify and Alexa, yet its purpose has never changed — to speak to Ireland in the language that the world once tried to silence.
 For more than fifty years, Raidió na Gaeltachta has been the heartbeat of the Conamara Gaeltacht, the western region where the Irish language is not studied, but lived.

In an age of artificial shine and digital silk, the world is once again searching for truth you can touch.
 A fabric that smells of rain, time, and patience suddenly feels like the rarest luxury.
 Irish tweed returns not as nostalgia, but as an answer — to exhaustion from plastic, disposable trends, and the hollow speed of fast fashion, where meaning dissolves.

Tweed isn’t a trend. It’s a form of memory.

In Ireland, gatherings have always mattered more than the stage.
 Whether in the back room of a pub, a windswept field, or a shared Google Drive — creation here is collective.
 The old céilí, a traditional get-together filled with songs, stories, and dance, has quietly found its digital echo: a crypto céilí, where artists, coders, and dreamers meet not in person, but on the blockchain.

Ireland has never simply preserved its past — it has reincarnated it.
From spiraling carvings on Celtic crosses to the glowing geometry of digital screens, the island’s artists keep re-translating their heritage into new forms of expression. The rhythm that once pulsed through stone and vellum now hums through pixels, algorithms, and blockchain code.

From the moment humans learned to tell stories, they began to talk to chance as if it were a god.
 From ancient Greek dice to Chinese oracle bones, from Renaissance tarot cards to today’s digital casinos, luck has always been a language — a symbolic dialogue between risk, hope, and control.

Ireland’s dating scene in 2025 is a study in contrasts: a country with a proud, analogue tradition of matchmaking and music-filled socials that also happens to be one of Europe’s most app-savvy markets.

Every generation has its own way of believing in luck.
 Once upon a time, people whispered prayers before rolling dice. Then came lottery tickets and the familiar promise: “This time I’ll win for sure.” Today, luck lives inside an app interface — bright, tokenized, and glowing on our screens. The impulse, though, hasn’t changed. Humans still want to bargain with fate. Only now we do it with a phone in one hand and a latte in the other.

Ireland’s gambling landscape is shifting once again — and this time, the change is digital, decentralized, and denominated in tokens. As the Gambling Regulatory Authority of Ireland (GRAI) moves forward with its phased licensing rollout, early drafts of its innovation and technology compliance framework hint at new rules for platforms that allow crypto deposits, blockchain-based betting, and tokenized gaming rewards.

One tweet.
 Not a document, not a law, not a sanction — just a phrase, released into the digital sky where millions of algorithms catch every comma.
 And yet that’s enough for markets to tremble, for an electric pulse of fear to run through the veins of the global economy.

The irony is that the 21st-century economy has become a living organism that reacts not to facts, but to tone.
Not to events, but to the mood of the one who speaks.
It takes only one person — standing at a podium of power or posting on X — to say, “We’re reconsidering trade with China,”
 and billions of digital nerve endings across the planet begin to twitch.

Every trader in London, every investor in Warsaw, every neural network on Wall Street hears that phrase as a command.
And in that instant, as if from the pulpit, the god of modern markets declares:

“Let there be panic.”

And panic comes — not because the world has fallen,
 but because it believed it could.

In the shadow of the MacGillycuddy Reeks, a rare stretch of Irish countryside has come onto the market — 266 acres of scenic farmland at Derrynafeana, Glencar, Co Kerry.
Here, where the ancient paths of shepherds have become part of the famed Kerry Way hiking trail, every bend of the road opens to views of Lough Acoose and the rugged, weather-carved hills of southwest Ireland.

The guide price is €550,000, making it one of the most talked-about rural listings this autumn. The sale is being handled by Tom Spillane & Co., a long-established auctioneer based in Killarney.

Community Connect receives boost from the Benefact Group’s Movement for Good Awards

Families across Ireland will benefit from a major act of generosity, as Community Connect, the country’s first Baby Bank charity, has been awarded €5,000 in the latest Movement for Good Awards draw, supported by Ecclesiastical Insurance Ireland.

The charity, with hubs in Dublin, Cork, Galway, Kilkenny, and Athlone, is dedicated to helping expectant mothers and new parents by providing practical support and essential baby supplies. From nappies and clothing to prams, blankets and hygiene products, Community Connect ensures that no child is left without the basics needed for a safe and healthy start in life.

National Heritage Week 2025 is here — and it’s more than a festival, it’s a reminder of who we are.

When you walk past a ruined abbey in the mist, hear fiddle music spilling from a pub, or see schoolkids trying a céilí for the first time, you don’t need statistics to know that Irish heritage runs deep. But numbers can still surprise: a new survey by Ecclesiastical Ireland has found that 88% of people across the country feel a strong personal connection to our heritage.

That’s not nostalgia — that’s identity.

The conflict in Gaza, now nearing its second year, may be entering a decisive phase. US President Donald Trump has delivered his starkest message yet, warning Hamas that it has until Sunday evening, 6 p.m. Washington D.C. time (11 p.m. Irish time) to accept his peace proposal or face what he described as “all HELL, like no one has ever seen before.”

Ireland is bracing itself as Storm Amy sweeps across the country, bringing dangerous winds, heavy rainfall and widespread disruption. Met Éireann has placed a Status Red wind warning for Donegal from 4pm to 6pm, while an Orange warning covers Clare, Donegal, Galway, Leitrim, Mayo and Sligo until 10pm. A nationwide Yellow warning for wind is also in force until midnight, with Galway and Kerry additionally under a Yellow rain warning. A Red marine alert is active from 2pm to 8pm, forecasting “violent” storm force 11 winds along the Atlantic coast. The National Directorate for Fire and Emergency Management has warned of a significant flooding threat in Kerry’s mountains, west Cork, west Limerick, as well as Donegal, Galway, Leitrim and Roscommon. Keith Leonard, director of the NDFEM, urged people to stay cautious, pointing out that even after the storm passes roads may remain flooded and trees could be down.

The Global Sumud Flotilla set sail toward Gaza in 2025, carrying not only boxes of food and medicine but also the heavy burden of the world’s conscience. This mission, envisioned as a lifeline for the besieged enclave, has triggered diplomatic storms, military threats, and deep emotions across the globe.

For the 2.3 million people trapped inside Gaza, this convoy is more than ships on the horizon. It is a symbol of hope breaking through the endless cycle of blockade, bombardments, and deprivation.

Introduction: Ireland Tastes Better in 2025

Ireland is a country where food and hospitality are not just services, but stories. Behind every plate of seafood chowder, every slice of brown soda bread, every pint of Guinness poured in a creaking pub lies history, pride, and a sense of welcome.

On 30 September 2025, Dublin’s InterContinental Hotel hosted the Georgina Campbell Irish Food & Hospitality Awards, Ireland’s longest-running independent hospitality awards. Winners are chosen after year-round anonymous visits, making them not just polished showpieces, but places that deliver genuine excellence every day.

For tourists, these awards are the perfect map of where to eat and stay in Ireland in 2025. For locals, they shine a light on gems worth celebrating — from five-star castles to neighbourhood cafés, from fine dining experiments in Dublin to farmhouses in Connemara.

Here is your full guide to Ireland’s best restaurants, hotels, pubs, and producers for 2025 — and why you should visit them.

US President Donald Trump has said that America’s major cities could be used as “training grounds” for the military, describing unrest at home as the nation’s “enemy from within.”

Speaking at a tightly guarded gathering of hundreds of senior officers at Marine Corps Base Quantico in Virginia, Trump argued that deploying troops in cities would help restore order and “straighten out unsafe places.”

Wexford Festival Opera 2025 runs from 17 October to 1 November and once again Ireland’s south-east will become a stage for rare operatic treasures. For audiences unable to travel, RTÉ will broadcast the main productions live on RTÉ lyric fm and stream them on RTÉ Culture. This combination ensures that the magic of Wexford reaches both local listeners and opera fans across Europe.

Ireland has launched a new public consultation on its Whole of Government Circular Economy Strategy 2026–2028, inviting citizens, businesses, and organisations to contribute ideas on how the country can accelerate its transition from a “take–make–waste” model towards a sustainable circular economy.