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Jobs initiative announced


Shopping in Meath 21:48
The Government’s much-flagged jobs initiative will see a cut in the VAT rate on a range of tourism-related products and services in a bid to generate employment in the economy.The plan, announced today by Minister for Finance Michael Noonan, also in...

Irland im Mai 2011 - Das ...


News aus Irland 16:24
Kam grade per Email von einem unserer Lieferanten. Warum man zum Beispiel die M50 sperren muss, nur weil die englische Queen zu Besuch kommt, enzieht sich allerdings meiner Kenntnis.Hi All, Pls see below in relation to road restrictions in the comin...


Eurovisionary


University Blog 01:30
The first time I watched the Eurovision Song Contest was in 1967, and I remember it really well. For those of my readers who won’t immediately know what happened that year, the winning entry was ‘Puppet on a String’, written by Bil...

The Creative Space Killin...


Irish Craft Update 14:59
www.the-creative-space.com If you have an interest in any workshop, classes or course please let us know and we can book your place. . Karen Harper Churchview Road, Killiney, Co Dublin 086 888 5321 . HI All Just a reminder that Crochet class starts...

Welcome To Ireland, Ma’am


Crime Always Pays 08:27
Queen Elizabeth II arrives in Ireland today, and naturally there’s more of a fuss being made of her visit than if she were the Queen of Sweden, say, or Swaziland. Eight hundred years of oppression, the Famine, the Black and Tans, Bobby Sands, yadda...


Pirates of the Caribbean ...


Film Reviews, Movie News ... 14:42
I’ve been posting some shots of the stars of Disney’s upcoming release – Pirates of the Caribbean On Stranger Tides over on my movie news site. Here are a couple from last night’s screening of the film during the Cannes film ...

Exclusive – Stream The Mi...


State Magazine 11:16
This Friday sees another of our tips for 2011 enter the album fray with the release of Marcata from The Minutes on Model Citizen Records. Having taken their time to get this far, State is delighted to confirm that the record is all we hoped it would...

Hawk’s Well Theatre annou...


Sligo Events 19:29
The Hawk’s Well Theatre is delighted to announce the third iYeats Poetry Competition – an online national and international competition open to all and with a special award for poetry from poets under 25. Prize giving and a public reading of ...

Bank of Ireland forced to...


Clonmel and South Tippera... 10:00
BANK of Ireland has been forced to put more than 2,000 customers back on tracker mortgages and compensate them, the Irish Independent has learnt. The homeowners had opted to move from trackers to fixed rates, but the bank had failed to observe Cent...

JEDWAAARRRRD


Culch.ie 13:04
Well, they were just brilliant weren’t they? Like a pair of puppies jacked up on Ritalin clothed in the shiniest of sweet-wrapper red and just GOING FOR IT. It was 4 minutes when the whole country set aside its cynicism and got 100% behind the...

Honi Soit


The Punishment of Sloth 16:37
Another word on the upcoming visit of the head of state of the United Kingdom to the territory of the Republic of Ireland, the habits and practices of certain people, the supposed historical significance of this visit, and other related matters. Acc...

City social housing schem...


An Irish Town Planner's B... 05:06
THE FIRST public housing development to be built in Dublin city through public-private partnership (PPP) since the collapse of the system in 2008 has been granted permission by An Bord Pleanála.Alcove Properties, owned by developer Seán Reilly, has ...

Cat Lost 2 Days Ago - O'd...


Latest Missing & Found Pe... 18:38
Missing since Sun May 8th, a male black and white domestic cat (microchipped), under 2 years old. He is......

True Blood - Season 4 Tra...


TV Lover 07:56
And with six weeks to go, HBO are finally giving us a trailer for the fourth season of True Blood. Here's hoping cast shots are next ...I thought that was Jessica in that screencap but it turns out it's a character called Daisy, who Bill interrogate...

Salmond in the Pink


Politics 14:39
An event took place last week that could have major implications for this island of ours. I refer to the virtual landslide secured by the Scots nationalists in the Holyrood elections. If Alex Salmond proceeds to a referendum for Independence, which...

High Fidelity launch with...


Brian Greene 15:26
High Fidelity: A Century of Recorded Song with Jack L and Julie Feeney begins 16th May on RTÉ Lyric fm Two of Ireland’s most talented stage performers, Jack L and Julie Feeney, have joined forces to present a ground-breaking new radio ...

We are part of the war o...


Independent.ie - Analysis... 05:00
Last week's (admittedly posed) picture of President Barack Obama and Vice-President Joe Biden watching the mission to kill Osama bin Laden is already an iconic image of our time. His national security team present in the picture included Deputy Nati...

Event of the Week: 16th –...


Culch.ie 10:11
Got a taste for adventure? This week’s Culch.ie highlight is The Adventure Weekend at the RDS from Friday 20th – Sunday 22nd. Showcasing the best of Irish outdoorsy pursuits, the event will offering attendees the opportunity to try thing...

Current and future pensio...


corkpolitics.ie 00:18
FIANNA Fianna Fáil Spokesman on Public Expenditure and Financial Sector Reform and Cork South Central TD Michael McGrath has said that thousands of existing pensioners will have their pensions reduced as a result of the Government’s decision to impo...

Form and function-creep


Memex 1.1 08:02
Just back from the annual Lee Seng Tee Lecture at my college, which was given this year by Peter Hennessy, Britain’s most interesting constitutional historian. His title was “Watching Prime Ministers”, which he interpreted as an a...

Le Grand Séducteur


The Writing Life and Othe... 22:10
How the mighty fall at times. The head of the IMF, Dominique Strauss-Kahn, a man with more power than our entire political 'elite', was arrested on board a plane bound for France over the weekend after a maid at a $3000 a night hotel in Manhattan ma...

George Michael announces ...


State Magazine 14:22
This could be interesting. George Michael is back on tour this summer, although this time we’ll see him in a very different guise than we’re used to. Symphonica: The Orchestral Tour will see the singer perform both his own songs and sele...

Found money!


A Kilcullen Diary - News ... 21:35
For several years the local tidy towns people and local councillors, and concerned individuals have been trying to get Kildare County Council to repair the Valley wall on the Milemill Road, writes Brian Byrne, because it was both an eyesore and a ...

New Bon Iver song & Irish...


Nialler9 Music Blog 11:23
There’s no doubt, having heard the new Bon Iver album (self-titled) that it’ll be a divisive album for many who fell in love with the burning embered heart of For Emma, Forever Ago. A markedly different album, the intervening three year...

A Right Royal I-Do


Popcorn Politics 11:33
Congratulations to Irish politics’ first Royal Couple – Fine Gael’s Lucinda Creighton and Senator Paul Bradford – who have tied the knot.The couple (pictured far left) chose the day of the Royal Wedding to celebrate their nuptials and it marked the ...

Left Archive: The Hillsbo...


The Cedar Lounge Revoluti... 07:10
To download the file please click on the following link: DANNY MORRISONHILLS Printed by the Sinn Féin Publicity Department in May 1986 this document, as the frontispiece notes: …examines the background to the Hillsborough Agreement, the agree...

Nominated in the Social M...


Garrendenny Lane Interior... 08:10
We had a glitch with our guest post yesterday so hopefully that will be up later (all due to my non-technical know how). We’re off to the ID&A show today so will bring you news of the highlights there over the weekend. The Social Media awa...

Rush – O2, Dublin


State Magazine 16:39
Sometimes words are difficult to find. Finally making their first visit to Ireland, Rush treated their patient fans to a spectacle of giant screens, retractable rigs, resplendent lighting, revolving drum kits and indoor fireworks. Oh, and then ther...

Jedward Sarkozy snub coul...


The Mire 08:17
A row has broken out at the heart of Europe as to whether Jedward’s Eurovision semi-final performance was enough to ensure that Ireland gets a revised EU-IMF bailout. German Chancellor Angela Merkel is understood to be quite besotted with the ...

Setlist: Jedward, Vicar Street, 25 April 2010 via Swear I'm not Paul, Apr 27th, 2010 at 11:08

This is the same setlist as for all Jedward's other Irish (and UK) shows. It takes a lot of effort to put on a show this amazing you know? There's only a few dates left, so if you didn't make it to one of their many shows around the country, you can catch them this week at Dublin, Limerick, or Galway. When that's over, I'm sure you can go see Crystal Swing. Just as good as X Factor's John and Edward Grimes, right?Setlist: 1. I Gotta Feeling (by the Black Eyed Peas) 2. Rock DJ (by Robbie Williams) 3. Oops!... I Did It Again (by Britney Spears) 4. SOS (by the Jonas Brothers) 5. Break My Stride (by Matthew Wilder) 6. We Will Rock You (by Five) 7. Under Pressure (Ice Ice Baby) (by Queen/Vanilla Ice) 8. Shake It (by Metro Station) 9. I'm Your Man (by Wham!) 10. Jump by Kriss... Similar posts

Jedward – Planet Jedward via State Magazine, Jul 16th, 2010 at 10:00

It’s the porno mag question that stops you in your tracks. How will Jedward, this year’s bona fide pop sensation, deal with the ‘your mum threw away your best porno mag’ line in their cover of the Beastie Boys’ (You Gotta) Fight for Your Right (to Party!)? Yes, that’s right. The Beastie Boys. If Jedward’s debut (and let’s face, quite probably only) album does anything, it takes a pretty eclectic look at the history of music. Over the course of it’s tracks, they tackle the work of Queen, Reel II Reel, Blink 182, M, Vanilla Ice, Ray Parker Jr and The Undertones amongst others. Again…yes. The Undertones. So Planet Jedward has to be awful, right? Well…..it’s certainly not the greatest pop album you’ll hear this... Similar posts

Jedward Success train rolls onward : more dates via Goldenplec, Feb 22nd, 2010 at 12:40

image As the young dubs continue to exceed possibly all expectation more and more dates keep appearing, they have now announced 6 more gigs including Friday 23 April – Castlebar, Royal Theatre Sunday 25 April – Dublin, Vicar Street Monday 26 April – Belfast, Waterfront Hall Saturday 17 April – Cork, City Hall Wednesday 21 April – Limerick, UCH Thursday 22 April – GALWAY, LEISURELAND TICKETS ON SALE THIS THURS 25 FEB AT 9AM Here is how the tour is shaping up in its entirety with the gigs which have sold out highlighted. Full Tour Dates 6 April              CASTLEBAR, Royal Theatre, €25.50 fully seated SOLD OUT 7 April              GALWAY, Leisureland, €25.50 fully seated SOLD OUT 8 April              LIMERICK, UCH, €25.50 fully... Similar posts

Jedward announce Irish Tour via Goldenplec, Feb 12th, 2010 at 16:37

image Ok now this wasnt my idea, its the good people at Aiken Promotions who had the balls to do it, but yes JEDWARD are going on an Irish Tour throughout April. I think the end of March signals the end of their commitments to the Xfactor Tour. Having secured the Irish #1 spot last week, currently resting at #2 this week. They are capitalizing on their success in the charts with an 8 date tour of Ireland This means that from April 6th, the marmite singers are going to be somewhere near you, crooning at the top of their voices in out of sync dancing routines. Tickets for the gigs will be €22.50 – €25.50 Fully Seated and are on sale on Thursday 18th February at 9am for those of you interested in this spectacle. Tickets on sale next Thursday 18 February at 9am Tuesday 6 April –... Similar posts

Vanilla Ice to work with Jedward via Yer Wan, Jan 13th, 2010 at 22:17

image Anyone reading this from outside Ireland/the UK will be uttering ‘Jedward who’ round about now. Here’s a bit of background on the phenomenon that is Jedward. Jedward are twin teenage boys -- John and Edward Grimes -- from Lucan, Dublin who entered Simon Cowell’s ‘talent’ show last year It quickly became obvious that despite their quirky ‘There’s Something About Mary’ haircuts and cheese-tastic matching outfits, the twins could not sing They became the centre of attention, being booed at every live performance, with all talk focused on how they were lowering the tone of the competition With the resilience of cockroaches and a truly unbelievable and inexplicable performance of Britney Spears ‘Oops I Did it Again’ complete... Similar posts