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JUST ABOUT RECOVERED from the sunburn and the long weekend?
Here are some events happening around the country to enjoy today and tomorrow.
The Dublin Kite Festival is taking place tomorrow on North Bull Island in Clontarf. Organisers will be providing free transport all day from the top of the coast road down to the beach.
The days kicks off at 11am and there’ll be children’s entertainment, workshops and kite demonstrations all day until 5. For more information and a full event schedule, click here.
The Borris House Festival of Writing and Ideas brings writers, film-makers, musicians and political commentators to Borris Village. From a talk with female foreign correspondents to a discussion on music and writing, there’s something for everyone.
The events are ticketed, except for some free music sessions. Ticket holders are also entitled free entry into two art exhibitions. For a full list of events and prices check out the event website here.
The Killarney Walking Festival is taking place all this weekend in the breathtaking surroundings of Kerry’s mountains. There are walks available for all ages and abilities and a full schedule is available here.
The prices of guided walks range from €20 to €55, with some family discounts on offer. There’s live entertainment and a barbecue every night at the Gleneagle Hotel.
Bands from Ireland, the UK, Holland and the US will descend on Co Mayo for the Westport Folk and Bluegrass Festival. Gigs start today and tomorrow at 11.30am and run until late.
The full weekend schedule is available here. A weekend ticket costs €40, a Saturday day ticket is €17.50 and a Sunday day ticket is €12. Tickets can be booked online here.
Limerick Sings is a non-competitive weekend of choral singing and entertainment. Entrance to tonight’s concert costs €12 and Sunday’s concert costs €10. Tickets are available to buy online here. You can visit the Limerick Sings website for more information.
Fancy an ‘Island Wildlife Weekend’? A weekend of outdoor adventure is taking place on five of Ireland’s wild Atlantic islands – and all events are free. Tory Island, off the north-west coast of Donegal, will be hosting evenings of céilí music, a ‘bat walk’ and introductions to the island’s flora and fauna.
The island can be reached by ferry from the towns of Bunbeg and Magheroarty. The events will run all day today and Sunday. A full list of activities and times can be found here.
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Perhaps Simon should take over the Housing Minister position.
Every story about the homeless has a real live human being behind it. Some like this guy make it out of the gutter, alcohol and the rent situation put him in the gutter.
Yet all we hear from FG supporters here is slander with no bounds, as they queue up to pour their vitriolic bile on anyone who’s situation has being highlighted. Everyone is a sponger, a freeloader, wants a mythical free house, never worked in their life. All to justify the neglect of the poor and less well off, and deflect on the huge damage done to society by government policies.
@Dave Doyle: It’s so true it would make you sick. This country is in one horrible mess and the worst thing is it would take something on a revolutionary scale to change it.
Well done to simon services… the goverment s minister regina Doherity has decided to not give xmas bonus this year is she fr real ??? Pay rises were given to herself and her cohorts but the rest of us are crippled with high taxs we are paying the higest mortgage rates in the EU.. car tax insurance is also higher..half the country are homeless ..hope this goverment including fianna fail who are supporting their decisions are destroyed in the next election…they are not fit fr purpose
@Mari: we are not the most expensive country in the EU, also renting is more prominent in other countries. Yes we have a massive problem with homelessness and people living in emergency accommodation we are not the worst in EU either. This does not mean I think anyone should be let off the hook for the shambles the country is in, but the people here need to take off the rose tinted glasses
@GClare: we absolutely are one of the most expensive countries for gas, electricity, insurance, food, housing and so on.
When you include taxes we get little in return by way of services for all, such as healthcare.
The only person with rose tinted glasses here is you. You clearly haven’t been living in Ireland the last 10years with that attitude.
@Regina Farrell: By your rationale, the government should have their salaries suspended. Certainly housing, justice, healthcare, transport and the Taoiseach. Manipulating the system and doing sweet effay in return.
@Mari: since when is 10,000 People half the country?
Fair play to Geoff! Onwards..Great admiration for a person homeless after 7 years and to come back. With the right people anything is possible!
@paul christopher cox: Indeed, imagine if FF/FG/labour gave as much of a care, what might be possible… Geoff and many more might’ve been contributing to our society if our governments had actually come up with solutions instead creating the problems in the first place.
Pity they don’t finance ngo’s the same way public servants are. Staff at NGO’s are the cheap version of public services and are expected to do similar work.
@Brian Smith: now that really does depend on the NGO; take a look into background of charities, remember the scandal a few years ago, that was not made up!!! And it is world wide not just Ireland
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