Serious bargains are about to hit Dublin and this time it’s Normal to be excited. The Danish discount chain NORMAL is opening its first Irish store in the Ilac Centre on Henry Street next Tuesday, 19 November at 8:30 a.m., and it’s set to cause a proper stir. With more than 900 stores across Europe, NORMAL has made a name for itself with fixed low prices — no sneaky “sale ends soon” signs, just solid deals every single day. Expect everything from snacks and skincare to home b

Everyone wants the proper Christmas experience — as colourful as Elf , as magical as Penn & Teller , and with a partridge in a bloody pear tree for good measure. Seeing as Christmas is creeping up faster than your Aunt’s sherry hangover, here are Ireland’s top Christmas markets and when they’re on. From Galway’s big wheel to Belfast’s bratwursts, you’ll find lights, laughs, and enough mulled wine to power a sleigh. Be the hero in your kids’ Christmas story this year. 🎡 Galw

We were delighted to attend the Worldchoice Conference 2025 at the beautiful Johnstown Estate in Enfield, in partnership with TravelBiz. The event brought together leading voices from across the travel industry, celebrating growth, innovation and collaboration under this year’s theme, Future Horizons: Growth and Opportunities. Joanne Conlan (Centre Travel Dundalk), seen here accepting the Shining Star Award The conference explored emerging trends in travel, the growing influ

Dublin’s about to go full Dracula again — the Bram Stoker Festival is back from October 31st – November 3rd, and it’s set to turn the city into a four-day gothic playground. Expect a mix of creepy film screenings, live gigs, spooky theatre, and family-friendly chaos all over town. The highlight? Stokerland in St Patrick’s Park — a free carnival of rides, workshops and street performers (and for the first time ever, even the carousel’s free). There’s also a Macnas parade aroun

If you thought the airport meltdowns ended with summer, think again. Over 230 flights were cancelled across Europe this week, Ireland included, after a perfect storm of bad weather, staff shortages, and strikes sent air traffic control into meltdown. Lufthansa, KLM, and easyJet were all caught in the carnage, and the knock-on is already being felt in Dublin Airport, where delays and diversions are stacking up faster than a Ryanair queue with a faulty intercom. Airlines are wa

Dublin’s bus network is getting a proper shake-up — and if you’re the type who still calls routes by what your nanny used to get to town, brace yourself. From today (October 20th), ten long-standing routes are being sent to the great depot in the sky — say goodbye to the 9, 26, 40, 40B, 49, 54A, 83, 83A, 123, and 140. In their place, nine new routes are rolling out under the BusConnects redesign — including the F1, F2, and F3, which sound more like computer shortcuts than bus

Guinness is heading across the water, opening its first-ever U.K. microbrewery this winter in London’s Covent Garden. The new spot, Guinness at Old Brewer’s Yard , will stretch over 50,000 sq ft — roughly the size of that one bloke’s ego who went solo travelling on a “gap year” and came back saying gracias in SuperValu. Inside, there’ll be a rooftop bar with 360° views of London, a merch store, and a working microbrewery brewing up 14 limited-edition beers — including low and

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