A Pub With No Beer

“‘The Runway’ is inspired by the true story of a South American pilot who had a bumpy landing near Mallow, Co. Cork in 1983. Against all odds, the people of the town came together to build a runway to get him home and briefly caught the imagination of the nation. It is the story of […]

(photo obtained at oneforty.com) Stones, miles, feet, pounds… Ireland has adopted the metric system when entered EU in 1977 (at the time called EEC). All the road signs were converted to the metric system in 2005. So can please someone tell me why everyone still uses the imperial units? And sometimes mixing them with metric […]

And the 2011 Failte Ireland Video is ready. Failte Ireland is an organisation that promotes Ireland and all its wonders so that tourists feel the need to come here. Personally I feel that videos are unnecessary because… It is Ireland. The name itself says everything, so who would not want to visit? But there are […]