Conrad Hartz form Beaufort entertained the crowd with his puppets at the Tara Feis Irish Celebration at Emmet Park on Saturday March 11, 2017. Abbie Smith, 2, from Savannah gets her face painted at the Tara Feis Irish Celebration at Emmet Park on Saturday March 11, 2017 Snowcones were a popular treat at the Tara Feis Irish Celebration Saturday in Emmet Park.
Category: Ireland
Bank of Ireland opens free workspace for startups in New York
Bank of Ireland have today announced the opening of startlab NYC, an incubation space that will support Bank of Ireland startup customers seeking to scale their business and enter the US market. The collaborative space, located in Manhattan on the 41st floor of 2 Grand Central, is the first offering of its kind from an Irish bank outside of Ireland.
Music group youngsters to perform at St Patrick’s event in Whitnash
Irish music and dancing group Comhaltas’ Leamington branch members will perform at an event to celebrate St Patrick’s Day in Whitnash on Friday March 17. The event, including traditional music and dancing displays, will take place at the Plough and Harrow pub in Whitnash Road for the second year running with the entertainment starting at 5pm and going on until 9pm. Over the last few years, the Irish music group have made it through the finals of the All Britain Fleadh, and onto the All Ireland finals in Sligo and Ennis.
3,000 customers without power overnight
The remaining outages are largely due to individual faults in pockets stretching from Castlebar and Sligo across to Drogheda and Dundalk, including parts of Cavan and Longford. RTE.ie is the website of Raidio Teilifis Eireann, Ireland’s National Public Service Broadcaster.
Castle Leslie, Glaslough, Co. Monaghan: The Leslie
Check out this story on thetowntalk.com: http://usat.ly/2lmNf2Z Roundwood House, Mountrath, Co. Laois: Paddy and Hannah Flynn’s lived-in and loved 18th-century country house stands at the foot of the Slieve Bloom Mountains.
Anti-Brexit campaigners hold a go-slow protest at Ravensdale, Co Louth
Anti-Brexit campaigners have brought traffic to a crawl on the main road between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland. A convoy of protesters staged a noisy motorway go-slow near Dundalk in Co Louth using lorries and tractors to highlight the impact of predicted customs checks on the local economy.
Microsoft set to create 600 jobs in Dublin
The jobs are the latest boost to the economy following the announcement this week that US recruitment services firm Indeed is adding 500 jobs at its European base in Dublin. Microsoft’s announcement today will also be welcomed after last week’s devastating blow to staff at HP Inc’s Leixlip plant in Co Kildare, where 500 jobs are to go.
Winners’ delight at national children’s art competition
“Surprised and delighted” was one reaction from a winner in the Irish League of Credit Union’s countrywide art competition. Credit Union art competion prizewinners Darragh Hunter-Kerr , Letterkenny, Co Donegal; Eoin Herlihy , Rathmore, Co Kerry; Marty Whelan; Margaux Gilbourne , Millstreet, Co Cork; Brian McCrory, ILCU president; and Hannah Wright , Rathmore, Co Kerry.
Beautiful Ballilogue: Cottage chic in one of Ireland’s best-kept secrets
There’s a fresh log on the woodburner, a bottle of Villa Maria chilling in the fridge, and I’m wrapped in a soft cashmere throw enjoying a good natter with my friend. Safely tucked behind a balcony in the open-plan living room, our toddlers have played in the garden outside, built a train track around the coffee table, and are now curled up in a designer swivel chair watching Finding Dory on the DVD player.
The evidence informing the surgeon’s selection of intraocular lens…
Correspondence: X Li, Pharmaceutical & Molecular Biotechnology Research Centre, Department of Chemical & Life Sciences, Waterford Institute of Technology, Macular Pigment Research Group, Carriganore House, W.I.T. West Campus, Carriganore, Waterford, Ireland Tel: +353 51 30 6261; Fax: +353 51 83 4046. E-mail: xue215@gmail.com In recent years, manufacturers and distributors have promoted commercially available intraocular lenses with transmittance properties that filter visible short-wavelength light on the basis of a putative photoprotective effect.
Frontline Ventures wraps up second fund
Dublin and London-based Frontline Ventures , an early-stage venture firm, has closed its second fund at 60 million euros. The firm backs B2B software companies, making investments that are between 200,000 euros and 3 million euros.
Land of stories: enthralling tales from Lough Eske Castle, Donegal
THE tour guide at Donegal Castle, a 15th-century ruin that played a significant role in the history of Ulster, reels off a Gatling-gun of goodbyes as he ushers me and my family outside: “Aye, that’ll do the job, no bother, hey. Great stuff.
Deadlocked 2nd Cir Denies En Banc Rehearing in Overseas Data Case
Last summer, a three-judge Second Circuit panel ruled that the U.S. government could not force Microsoft to turn over email data stored on overseas servers . They rejected the government’s warrant, issued pursuant to the Stored Communications Act , finding that the act had no extraterritorial reach.
Garda arrest 51 people in the Kilkenny area
Garda have arrested 51 people and have carried out 19 planned searches in the Kilkenny area over the past three days, as part of Operation Thor-Project Storm. Fifteeen of those arrested were detained under Section 4 of the Criminal Justice Act, 1984 at various Garda Stations in the Kilkenny/Carlow Division.
Ireland march to semi-finals, Hong Kong shock Netherlands
Kevin O’Brien and Boyd Rankin came up with a spirited performance to seal a semi-final spot for Ireland after defeating United Arab Emirates by 24 runs while Hong Kong shocked Netherlands with a 91-run victory in the Desert T20 Challenge encounters in Abu Dhabi on Wednesday. Ireland 160-6 beat United Arab Emirates 136-7 by 24 runs 9th match, Desert T20 Challenge, Group A, Abu Dhabi Amjad Javed struck early to remove both Stuart Poynter and William Porterfield after Ireland opted to bat first on winning the toss.
Kilcavan sign possible for 2017
There was no cash to pay for new village signs for Kilcavan last year but there is hope that money could be provided in the year ahead. He added that himself and fellow Laois County Councillor Cllr Seamus McDonald could share the costs from discretionary funding when awarded in 2017.
TK Whitaker was a ‘true public servant and a family man’ archbishop tells mourners
Mourners at the removal of the remains of Dr TK Whitaker today were told he was “a true public servant, a man of integrity, a family man and a Christian.” The remains of TK Whitaker are brought by relatives to the Church of the Sacred Heart in Donnybrook.
Motorists warned to slow down as freezing wind and snow hits
Batten down the hatches as the first real blast of winter is set to strike tonight with strong winds, freezing temperatures and possibly sleet and snow. The heaviest snow would most likely fall over Ulster, Connacht, north Leinster and west Munster, as well as on high ground.
Council rejects proposal to plant trees over ‘possible litigation’ due to falling fruit
Kerry County Council says the planting of fruit trees in the county could result in “possible litigation” due to fruit falling on roads and footpaths. Kerry County Council says the planting of fruit trees in the county could result in “possible litigation” due to fruit falling on roads and footpaths.
‘Buyers will find it tough to find something’ – Property expert on…
‘Buyers will find it tough to find something’ – Property expert on the 10pc house price jump forecast in next 18 months ‘Buyers will find it tough to find something’ – Property expert on the 10pc house price jump forecast in next 18 months ‘Buyers will find it tough to find something’ – Property expert on the 10pc house price jump forecast in next 18 months Economist at Trinity College, Ronan Lyons, predicts that house prices will continue to rise between 5pc and 10pc over the next 18 months.
Novelist Karl Geary’s charts the plot-twists of his own life story
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Man guilty of recording child abuse of nephew
A court has heard how a 27-year-old man videoed and photographed his six-year-old disabled nephew being seriously sexually assaulted. Clonmel Circuit Court heard the man, who cannot be named to protect the identity of the victim, has pleaded guilty to producing child abuse material.
Santa Claus and Rudolph Spotted Riding Motorcycles in Dublin, Ireland
Martha Hudson filmed Santa and Rudolph on their joy ride as she was driving with her sister. Her 5-year-old daughter and her 7-year-old nephew were in the backseat.