A WELL-known weather forecaster predicts Ireland is finally set for a summer scorcher after years of washouts

Dubbed the toughest 10km in the country, Hell and Back certainly lives up to the title. A running race with a difference, held in the grounds of the Kilruddery estate, near Bray, Co Wicklow and brings participants over the Little Sugar Loaf mountain, through dense forest and swamp land.

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Pol O Conghaile tracks down the top sites to pitch your tent.

At long last summer has arrived for us, and all it takes is a little sunshine to remind us all who aren’t fortunate enough to wake up to blue skies every day, what holiday season is all about.

Everyone dreams of having the perfect vacation but sometimes things don’t turn out that way. You have worked hard for this holiday and you deserve it to be a good one. We have compiled a list of some useful tips to help you have the perfect vacation. Please read our 101 tips to have the perfect vacation.

A few years back I visited Stockholm. Its not your typical holiday destination but there is an awful lot more to Stockholm than ABBA and IKEA.

Barcelona a city that never sleeps has to be one of the most interesting vibrant fun cities to visit. Ive been twice to Barcelona, one trip was business and the other not, but both very enjoyable weekend breaks.

Here are some of the things on my bucket list. The list is quiet long and im not sure i would ever have the money or time to actually fulfill most of them, but then again if you dont make a bucket list and aim to achieve some of them do you spend life just punching in the days!

Holiday Homes Direct are delighted to announce that with the generosity of our owners we raised €500 in aid of Saint Vincent de Paul during our recent promotion.

One of our most popular villas in the Canary Islands, Villa de Carrida was featured in the Sun newspaper on Saturday 28th January.

Two of those are in the top 10, according to the TripAdvisor Travellers' Choice Hotel results.

Hear the cream of traditional music flow across the cobbles in Temple Bar as a host of Irish and International musicians come to the heart of Dublin for concerts, ceilis, sessions, Irish dancing, pipe bands, pub trails.

Jameson Dublin International Film Festival! 16 - 26 February 2012 Oscar winning screen legend Al Pacino is confirmed to attend the 10th Jameson Dublin International Film Festival, Ireland’s largest film event, which takes place from the 16th-26th February 2012

The number of overseas visitors travelling to Ireland increased by 7% in 2011 according to The Irish Tourist Industry Confederation, the first increase in four years.