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Tuesday 22 September 2020
We’ve never missed a muddy field so much before.
The journalist was asking whether a 14-day quarantine applied to her arrival into Ireland from Britain for a festival.
Cinemas could reopen in August, said Taoiseach Leo Varadkar today.
Four wins on the final day at Cheltenham saw Willie Mullins named the Festival’s top trainer.
The festival is due to start in two weeks.
Our columnist on the prospect of change for the March racing showpiece.
A unique human rights arts festival run by Smashing Times takes place in Dublin this month.
Strict new Covid-19 measures are now in effect in the capital – here’s what they mean for you.
Nearly 60,000 people are set to descend upon Stradbally in Laois for the biggest event of the Irish festival calendar.
Large crowds gathered in Clonmel today for Jack Downey’s funeral mass.
A goat fair and a Cavan food festival are just some of the events taking place.
19-year-old Jack Downey is believed to have taken a substance at the Indiependence music festival in Cork.
The festival’s curator talks us through its highlights.
Many fans complained of long delays in getting to the Waterford festival.
The five-day street performance festival is taking place in Dublin and Cork next month.
The annual event, manned and organised by over 1,000 volunteers, saw up to half a million people attend last year.
The Great Music in Irish Houses festival is going into its 49th year.
The film was directed by Abdellatif Kechiche, who directed Blue Is The Warmest Colour.
Artist Nic Green created the show Cock and Bull before Brexit – but the work, which takes apart the words of politicians, is just as pertinent now.
There’s a strong Connacht contingent included in Peter Smyth’s 26-man group.
Check out Thom Malone’s Heed Your Hunch picks for ‘St Patrick’s Thursday’ — a nickname he’s not too keen on.
Highlights will include the Irish premieres of Papi Chulo and Eighth Grade.
Fáilte Ireland wants to attract a further 100,000 visitors to the country through the festival as part of the Ancient East initiative.
Herstory Light Festival is an annual light festival which celebrates women and girls on Nollaig na mBan.
It is the first time the festival has sold out before any acts were announced.
The former Ulster and Ireland wing has partnered up with Louis Ludik for ‘Rugby Rising.’
The victims tested positive for an unspecified drug.
Green Party Councillor Claire Byrne knows all about trying to keep festival sites clean – and says we need to stop seeing tents as disposable, and look at what we can do to clean up after ourselves.
This year’s headline acts include Kendrick Lamar, Massive Attack, and The Prodigy.
More than 50,000 people are set to descend upon Stradbally in Laois for the biggest event of the Irish festival calendar.
It was an emphatic win for Connacht against Ulster.
The IRFU’s Eoin Hogan explains what has been involved in the inaugural festival at UL.
Meanwhile, Leinster had a big win against Ulster at the U18s festival in UL.
All the action from the first game day in the Schools inter-pros at UL.
Litter is a big problem at many festivals.
The IRFU has brought in a new format to expose young players to a professional environment.
The audience were watching a rap artist when the promenade caved in.
Meet Down’s newest musical export.
Speaking about the UK government’s Brexit paper Varadkar said his initial view is that ‘it is a step in the right direction’.
We’ve taken a look at the line-up.
IT’S A QUESTION that has been asked throughout the pandemic, but which has been raised again recently after the Oliver Bond Street party – would you call the Gardaí on your neighbours if you saw they broke Covid-19 restrictions on mass gatherings?
In the UK, junior minister for policing Kit Malthouse suggested that people should report their neighbours to the police if they’re concerned about gatherings that break the rules.
At the moment, Dublin is at Level Three which means that you can have visitors from one other household to your home or garden; while the rest of the country is at Level Two, which means you can have six visitors from up to three households to your home or garden.
So we’re asking you: Would you call the Gardaí if you saw your neighbours break Covid-19 restrictions on gatherings?
Poll Results:
Share your story: voices@thejournal.ie
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