http://goireland.about.com/ Get the latest headlines from the About.com http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hh http://www.about.com/ 118 20 en-us 2013-05-16T09:46:50Z Thu, 16 May 2013 09:46:50 +0000 hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 http://goireland.about.com/b/2013/05/17/travel-tales-holy-wells-and-headaches.htm <p>It was one of those days ... you know them ... stuffy, hot, the car is an oven. Who needs air conditioning in Ireland after all? This summer day I was sincerely missing it. In addition, it was one of those days ... a headache that is too minor to be tackled through the wonders of modern chemistry, too major to be ignored, too distracting to make you enjoy the day ...</p>...<p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://goireland.about.com/b/2013/05/17/travel-tales-holy-wells-and-headaches.htm">Read Full Post</a></p> http://goireland.about.com/b/2013/05/17/travel-tales-holy-wells-and-headaches.htm Fri, 17 May 2013 10:51:36 +0000 2013-05-17T10:51:36Z http://goireland.about.com/b/2013/05/16/travel-tales-finding-the-witchs-cottage.htm <p>You know how it is ... you read those stories, or had them read to you, where innocents find their way through the wood. Only to arrive at a cottage, lonely and isolated. Homely. And more than often home to a witch ... run or be baked! Well, the Brothers Grimm did their best to spook generations of children (and a few impressionable adults) with the heart-wrenching story of Hansel and Gretel, abandoned by cruel parents in times of need, seduced by the gingerbread cottage, caught by the dastardly witch.</p>...<p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://goireland.about.com/b/2013/05/16/travel-tales-finding-the-witchs-cottage.htm">Read Full Post</a></p> http://goireland.about.com/b/2013/05/16/travel-tales-finding-the-witchs-cottage.htm Thu, 16 May 2013 09:46:50 +0000 2013-05-16T09:46:50Z http://goireland.about.com/b/2013/05/06/irelands-music-festivals-in-2013.htm <p>Ten of the best - <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://goireland.about.com/od/irelandalivealiveoh/tp/Festivals-In-Ireland-2013.htm">Ireland's festivals promise a lot for 2013</a>. Back are Slane (Twice!) and Oxegen (Changed utterly!), the Electric Picnic has apparently just about survived and with Longitude a new contender will enter the ring. From old Hair-Metal-rockers Bon Jovi to folksy Mumford and Sons, from Icelandic artist Bj&#246;rk to controversial rapper Eminem (... if he makes it this time ...) there should be something for everyone. Even the dance crowd will be pleased, with David Guetta headlining Oxegen.</p> http://goireland.about.com/b/2013/05/06/irelands-music-festivals-in-2013.htm Mon, 06 May 2013 11:19:15 +0000 2013-05-06T11:19:15Z http://goireland.about.com/b/2013/05/04/poseidon-has-sailed-from-navan.htm <p>Not so good news for people in Meath who liked their food Greek ... the <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://goireland.about.com/od/countymeath/a/Poseidon-Greek-Restaurant-Navan.htm">Navan restaurant "Poseidon"</a> has closed its doors and been remodelled as a pizzeria. Yassou!</p> http://goireland.about.com/b/2013/05/04/poseidon-has-sailed-from-navan.htm Sat, 04 May 2013 04:02:53 +0000 2013-05-04T04:02:53Z http://goireland.about.com/b/2013/05/02/crime-surge-or-not.htm <p>A new <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://cso.ie/en/media/csoie/releasespublications/documents/crimejustice/2011/gardacrimestats_2011.pdf">report on Irish crime statistics</a> is making headlines these days and many of those headlines focus on the immense rise (around fifty percent) regarding "Dangerous Driving". Hang on ... are you in mortal danger each and every time you use a public road in Ireland? Not really: The increase can be explained by the rise in recorded speeding offences, which went hand in hand with the introduction of camera vans. So people drive the same way as ever, only now they get caught.</p>...<p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://goireland.about.com/b/2013/05/02/crime-surge-or-not.htm">Read Full Post</a></p> http://goireland.about.com/b/2013/05/02/crime-surge-or-not.htm Thu, 02 May 2013 10:52:49 +0000 2013-05-02T10:52:49Z http://goireland.about.com/b/2013/05/01/driving-tips-all-well-and-good-but.htm <p>I couldn't help but smile when I picked up an old acquaintance of mine last weekend ... taking him for a drive around the beautiful (and on that day sunny) counties of <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://goireland.about.com/od/countysligo/tp/Things-To-Do-In-County-Sligo.htm">Sligo</a> and <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://goireland.about.com/od/countyleitrim/tp/Things-To-Do-In-County-Leitrim.htm">Leitrim</a> on the trail of poet W.B. Yeats. "Kuddl" (to preserve his anonymity) during his time at university "did" Yeats ... and four decades later he wandered in the great man's footsteps. With a slight look of panic on his face.</p>...<p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://goireland.about.com/b/2013/05/01/driving-tips-all-well-and-good-but.htm">Read Full Post</a></p> http://goireland.about.com/b/2013/05/01/driving-tips-all-well-and-good-but.htm Wed, 01 May 2013 10:31:40 +0000 2013-05-01T10:31:40Z http://goireland.about.com/b/2013/04/24/boston-and-northern-ireland.htm <p>The Boston Bombings are a sensitive issue - for many reasons. Three people killed and dozens maimed in a blast that hit the population without warning, without discrimination, without any sense beyond simply spreading terror. And that's what terrorists do ... they cause terror, by any means possible. And if we let terrorists terrorize us, they have already scored. A simple truth.</p>...<p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://goireland.about.com/b/2013/04/24/boston-and-northern-ireland.htm">Read Full Post</a></p> http://goireland.about.com/b/2013/04/24/boston-and-northern-ireland.htm Wed, 24 Apr 2013 04:43:37 +0000 2013-04-24T04:43:37Z http://goireland.about.com/b/2013/04/15/if-you-dont-have-the-time-dont-bother.htm <p>Now this is interesting ... according to the <em>Sunday Times</em>, ancient monuments will now be digitally scanned to preserve them for the future. It is all part of the <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://3dicons-project.eu/">3D-ICONS project</a>. And amongst the to-be-scanned in Ireland are <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://goireland.about.com/od/dublinandleinster/gr/revbrunaboinne.htm">Newgrange</a>...<p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://goireland.about.com/b/2013/04/15/if-you-dont-have-the-time-dont-bother.htm">Read Full Post</a></p> http://goireland.about.com/b/2013/04/15/if-you-dont-have-the-time-dont-bother.htm Mon, 15 Apr 2013 06:14:45 +0000 2013-04-15T06:14:45Z http://goireland.about.com/b/2013/04/12/welcoming-ireland-according-to-the-wef.htm <p>The World Economic Forum ranks Ireland as one of the most welcoming countries in the world. So wrote <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2013/03/21/a-fascinating-map-of-countries-color-coded-by-their-openness-to-foreigners/">Max Fisher on the Washington Post website</a>. He also wrote about countries that are amongst the "rich and peaceful of the Western world (Ireland, ...)". Apparently, the economic crisis and factual bankruptcy this "rich" country has been in for the last few years has not quite registered. And as to peaceful ... it all depends, I'd say. So, I took the findings with a grain of salt.</p>...<p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://goireland.about.com/b/2013/04/12/welcoming-ireland-according-to-the-wef.htm">Read Full Post</a></p> http://goireland.about.com/b/2013/04/12/welcoming-ireland-according-to-the-wef.htm Fri, 12 Apr 2013 10:37:06 +0000 2013-04-12T10:37:06Z http://goireland.about.com/b/2013/04/10/fifteen-years-ago-the-good-friday-agreement.htm <p>Today we see the 15th anniversary of the <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://goireland.about.com/od/GHI/g/Good-Friday-Agreement.htm">Good Friday Agreement (or Belfast Agreement)</a> - maybe the most important political development during the Peace Process in Northern Ireland during the 1990s. The constitutional status of Northern Ireland as part of the United Kingdom is based on the agreement. At the same time, Northern Ireland's devolved system of government is established in the Good Friday Agreement. So, big celebrations? Not really ... the work is ongoing and fifteen years are not really an important anniversary, are they?</p>...<p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://goireland.about.com/b/2013/04/10/fifteen-years-ago-the-good-friday-agreement.htm">Read Full Post</a></p> http://goireland.about.com/b/2013/04/10/fifteen-years-ago-the-good-friday-agreement.htm Wed, 10 Apr 2013 09:47:35 +0000 2013-04-10T09:47:35Z