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NewsHeritage Week
Heritage Week 2008 will run from Sunday 24th to Sunday 31st August. The closing date to register your event for Heritage Week is 27th June. For further information and to register your event on-line visit: www.heritage.ie
Telephone:1850 200 878 or email events@heritagecouncil.ie
Grants awarded to Tidy Towns
The 2008 Heritage Council Grants were announced recently. 8 TidyTowns committees were awarded between €400 - €9,000.
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Plans to commemorate Great Famine with Memorial Day
Éamon Ó Cuív, T.D., Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs, announced on 23rd May that the Government has agreed to commemorate the Great Famine with an annual memorial day. He will be setting up a committee to decide on the most appropriate way to mark the event.
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Plans submitted for Giants Causeway visitor centre
Proposals for a new 21m visitor centre at the Giant's Causeway were submitted by National Trust to planners on 12th June 2008. The trust also announced it intends to invest 6m in upgrading the facilities at the World Heritage site.
If approval is given by Northern Ireland's planning authorities, the new centre could be open by 2011.
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New Flights:
Aer Arann: New Flight from Dublin - Derry commences 22nd July 2008.
Bus Éireann announces new Coach service
Aer Lingus discontinue Los Angeles route
Kids travel free this summer with Irish Ferries
Additional Train Services for Munster hurling Semi Final
Fleadh Cheoil 2008
Rose of Tralee 2008
Summer Festival - Galway Races
Puck Fair - Killorglin, Co. Kerry
List an event
Photography Tips
Eircom Code Changes
Microsoft merger talks fail
National awareness campaign
Recognising Virus symptoms
Firefox hopes to break record
Steak with Grilled Vegetables
Ingredients:
2 quality steaks, sirloin, striploin or fillet (must be well aged to ensure tenderness)
Directions:
Heat the grill/pan to maximum, a cast iron ridged pan gives excellent results. Place the steaks in a shallow dish. Place the chopped vegetables in a bowl.Mix together the oil, salt, black pepper and balsamic vinegar. Pour half the mixture over the steaks and the remainder over the vegetables, mix well. Place on the grill pan, then add the steaks. Do this in two lots if the pan is over crowded.
Cook the vegetables and steaks for approx. 5-8 minutes - to your liking. Serve with a few jacket or boiled potatoes.
Pay no attention to what the critics say... Remember, a statue has never been set up in honor of a critic! Travel News
Ryan Air introduces 2 new flights from Dublin. Dublin - Kerry, commences 22nd July 2008. Dublin - La Rochelle, commences 5th June 2008.
A new direct coach service commenced from 4th June to ferry shoppers from the Republic to Northern Ireland’s leading designer shopping outlet. Bus Éireann will operate a new direct service twice weekly to The Outlet, a major discount fashion shopping centre, located just outside Banbridge on the main Belfast to Dublin Road.
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Aer Lingus is to suspend services on its Dublin to Los Angeles route from November.
The airline has also announced plans to cut its capacity on long-haul US routes by 15% this winter. Chairman John Sharman will tell the airline's shareholders this afternoon that the move is due to higher fuel costs, a weak US dollar and the economic slowdown.
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Following a very successful May sale, Irish Ferries has announced further savings - up to 33 per cent - for couples and families travelling by car to Ireland during the period 8 June - 31 August
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Iarnrod Eireann will be providing additional train capacity for supporters travelling to the Munster Hurling semi final between Clare and Limerick in Thurles on Sunday 22nd June.
Supporters travelling to the match are advised to book in advance on this website as it is expected that all train services from Limerick and Ennis in particular will be booked out in advance of Sunday 22nd June.
The additional train capacity will be available for booking from the afternoon of Monday 16th June.
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Events Summer 2008
Find out dates for this years Fleadh Cheoil for your area.
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22nd - 26th August
The Irish Regional Final is held every year before the Rose of Tralee International Festival to determine which Irish Roses represent their counties at the International Final in August. The event was established in 2005 in recognition of the fact that now every county in Ireland selects a Rose.
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28th July - 3rd August 2008
The Summer Festival Race Meeting at the Galway Races is renowned worldwide for its electric atmosphere, excellent racing and infectious sense of fun.
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28th July - 3rd August 2008
The main events of the festival include the traditional horse fair, parade and coronation ceremony of King Puck, open air night concerts, fireworks display, children's competitions, street entertainers and dancing displays.
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If you have an event you would like to see listed, do get in touch. This service is FREE of charge.
Or to view more events taking place around the country, click here: Events Calendar>>
Message From Us
With the summer upon us, now is the time to get snapping! With good weather and gardens in full bloom, now is a good time to update your photos. We are often asked advice on photographing property exteriors. We always recommend using a digital camera as you tend not to lose quality in the scanning process. A good rule of thumb is the sharper your picture, the better it will publish on the web. Here are a few tips to bear in mind.
Just to remind you that Comreg has outlined plans to phase changes to telephone numbers which will begin on 3rd November 2008 and take final effect in summer 2009. Both codes will operate together for a period of approximately 6 months. The STD Area codes in question are as follows:
064
052
043
023
Check here to see if your phone number will be affected by this change:
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Internet News
Microsoft's plan to establish a strong footing in online advertising last night suffered a blow as merger talks with Yahoo finally failed. Yahoo also said it would allow Google to sell search ads on its site. Separate statements from Microsoft and Yahoo signalled a rift between the two after their on-off talks, and Yahoo shares fell 10% as final hopes of a full or partial acquisition faded.
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Netsecure.ie is the official website of the National Awareness campaign on Computer security. This is a valuable resource for pc users. Whether your computer is used for business or personal use, you will find tips on how to make your computer safe in both the home and workplace and is well worth a read.
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There are a number of symptoms which could indicate that your computer has been infected with a virus. The link below contains information on how to recognise these symptoms and more importantly how to deal with the problem.
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Firefox, one of the leading web browsers hope to break a world record for downloads when thier new product is released. Firefox from MozillaVersion Three of Mozilla's Firefox web browser will soon be made available and the company is targeting a world record download day.
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Recipe
Easy to prepare, ideal for barbeques and parties - Serves 2
1-2 courgettes, cut into thick slices
1-2 peppers, deseeded and cut into thick slices
1 small red onion, peeled and cut into thick slices
1-2 tablesp. olive oil
Salt and lots of black pepper
1 tablesp. Balsamic or wine vinegar
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Final
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