BeatlesFest 2017 We have some of the best talent ever assembled at the 11th running of Ireland’s only annual festival of Beatles music. It will take place from Aug 4th to 7th. BeatlesFest Acts Michael Thomas Michael Thomas is a […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Nobel Prize for Literature Last week Bob Dylan won the Nobel Prize for Literature. Some people said that he didn’t deserve to win it as he wrote songs, not literature. Indeed one writer said that what Dylan wrote were lyrics […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
:: The full list of top-earning celebrities for 2016 1. Michael Jackson – $825m (£615m) 2. Charles M Schulz – $48m (39.5m) 3. Arnold Palmer – $40m (£33m) 4. Elvis Presley – $27m (£22m) 5. Prince – $25m (£20.5m) 6. […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Gay Northern Ireland According to the latest survey by the Office for National Statistics in the UK, Northern Ireland has the biggest percentage of people who say that hey are Gay, Lesbian or Bisexual. 1.9% of the population of Northern […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Donegal Politicians Join Forces with pledge to seek justice for murdered child From Donegal Families for Justice. History was made this week, when all TDs and a majority of councillors in Donegal signed up to a public declaration of support […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Stuck Inside of Moville, the DylanFest on the Lough DylanFest 2016 is on in Moville from August 25th to 28th, with, perhaps, the best acts we’ve ever had. The pubs involved this year are Rosatos, Caiseal Mara Hotel, The Clock […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
BeatlesFest Moville Ireland’s only annual BeatlesFest will take place in Moville from July 28th to August 1st. It is the 10th annual running of the event. The first two years were reasonably good but it really took off in 2009 […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Brexit and Northern Ireland Soon Ireland will be part of the EU and its biggest trading partner, the UK, won’t. That’s already bad but it could be that we will now see a new customs and passport post on the […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Message from Irish Water I received this in my email this morning. It immediately looked suspicious – especially as I don’t have an online account with Irish Water. If I got the message then probably lots of other people would […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Wind Turbine There has been a backlash against the protests against the wind turbine which is going to be put in place out near Kinnagoe Bay shortly. All the pieces of the turbine have been delivered and are being put […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…