Okay, so everybody know that the European Cup and Olympics are going to take over our televisions this Summer, but another big competition will be dominating the TV too. The GAA Championship series in football and hurling promises exciting action in the form of Gaelic games. I have a previous blog on hurling and Gaelic football. Here's a little taster of hurling ...

Sunday can be a very boring day. A lot of the time you feel at a bit of a loose end, and Monday is also looming. Fear not! This Sunday in Drumcondra, the Rockin' Road Festival promises music, food, vintage cars and loads of fun! This is the festival's third year and it has been a very popular and successful day out so far. Costing only €5, all proceeds mad ...

Even though I am more of a GAA fan and Munster Rugby supporter, I have to congratulate the Leinster Rugby squad on their third Heineken European Cup win in a record four years. It was an all-Irish final with the province of Ulster taking on their Irish counterparts.It was a tough battle and very physical with both sides desperate to get their hands on the coveted ...

The 25th of May is Africa Day in Ireland, and people will be doing their bit to celebrate and welcome African culture on this little island in different cities.  Despite being called Africa Day, events will actually be running all week and into the weekend too. If you want to sample the sounds and flavours of Africa, make your way down to Georges's Dock ...

A house made entirely from money is on display in Dublin's Smithfield area. The artist, Frank Buckley, has managed to get his hands on 1,000,000,000's worth of decommissioned notes and has fashioned an entire house with them. Ulearn will be taking a trip to see it this Thursday.  Frank is well known to artists and politicians alike and has been a part o ...

The Irish are thought to be a charitable nation. When other countries are in crisis, we give more than generously, sometimes more than we can afford. Saturday 26th of May hosts the Calcutta Run, a 10km run in aid of the Peter McVerry Trust and GOAL. The money raised will go to homeless people in Ireland and in Calcutta (Kolkata), India. I, Barry will also be burs ...

Ulearn will be taking a trip to Ireland's notorious Kilmainham Gaol this Monday as part of our weekly cultural excursions. This historical prison is usually completely booked out during the summer months, so we are very lucky to get this chance to get a real taste of Irish history. 'Gaol' is the old English spelling for 'Jail'. This jail is famous for holdin ...

Continuing on my theme of Irish writers, this week I wasn to talk about Edna O Brien. Although not as well known around the world as her contemporaries, she has mad a huge name for herself in the literary world and has also been a controversial figure in Ireland. Edna was born in County Clare in a very conservative and religious small town called Tuamgraney ...

Yes, another festival. Another family friendly festival too, and if you're wondering what to do this long weekend, then Vantastival is the perfect thing for you. Set in the beautiful Bellurgan Park, the festival promises some of the best well known and not so well known acts from Ireland.  This year singer songwriter Cathy Davey is making an appearance ...

I know it doesn't look or feel like it, but today is officially the first day of summer in Ireland.  With summer comes the magic of festivals and  to continue my festival series, I present Body and Soul. This festival started a few years back as an off-shoot of Electric Picnic, where Body and Soul was, and still is, an arena of Electric Picnic. Far from the thr ...