Hugh DoughertyTHINK Scotland, think saints and pilgrimage, and you’ll come up with St Columba on Iona, St Ninian at Whithorn, and St Margaret at Dumfermline. However, a recent trip to the Mull of Kintyre showed me that...
FROM towering church spires, hilly streets, historic buildings and foodie gems, to a lineage that stretches back to St Patrick in the fifth century AD, Armagh stands out as one of the most enjoyable small cities on...
FLIGHTS from Dublin to Glasgow and Edinburgh are among hundreds of new routes announced by Aer Lingus and Emerald Airlines.The announcement is part of a move to expand Dublin as a hub airport, connecting more airports with...
Paddy CallaghanTHERE has recently been a further update to the travel restrictions for those entering the Republic of Ireland from Scotland.Up until recently, providing passengers had received two doses of a Covid-19 vaccine, the only requirement upon...
LOGANAIR has announced that, as of 2022, the carrier will be operating two new Irish routes.First up was the news that the UK’s largest regional airline had added Inverness to Dublin flights as part of its Summer...
Hugh DoughertyCOUNTY Donegal Railway Heritage Centre boss Niall McCaughan wants to hear from anyone who remembers the County Donegal Railways in action. That includes anyone who worked on, travelled on the line, or has heard stories of...
Paddy Callaghan
IN MY column last month, I wrote about the uncertain nature of travel restrictions to Ireland which were set to be relaxed as of July 19, but at that stage, it was...
Michael McKelvie
"I LONG for the days when we worked at the hay.” These are the first lines of a poem I wrote several years ago and it came back to me while I...
THE Shamrock Tenors, a new Northern Ireland-based harmony and multi-instrumental group, have joined Tourism Ireland in a new promotion for Belfast and the North of Ireland—a music video featuring a beautiful rendition of the song Belfast, originally written...
RYANAIR recently announced its Covid-19 recovery schedule from Scotland, stating its intention to operate 245 weekly flights to 78 destinations this summer, including a new route from Edinburgh to Knock.
As vaccination rollouts continue...