February 3rd, 2013 | by Bill Lehane | published in Away, Photos
Tweet At first there’s disappointment. Your favourite band is embarking on an international tour and your city isn’t in the lineup. Or worse, they are coming but it’s already sold out. But then, an idea strikes you. Gig holiday. Bell X1 at Bush Hall in London. Whether emigrants or visitors, half the room was Irish [...]
November 23rd, 2011 | by Megan Eaves | published in Away
Tweet Recession, economic downturn, the glorious end of the mean green Celtic Tiger. Ireland’s naughties-eleven woes are just so last year. But the fact is that with all the penny pinching going around, a lot of people are putting away their notions of fancy holidays and opting for closer-to-home getaways, and that makes sense. But [...]
October 10th, 2011 | by Megan Eaves | published in Away
Tweet You might not associate Wales with posh getaways and I’m sure I’ll be cursed for even putting this up, given the turn of recent events in the Rugby World Cup. But sporting ails aside, I think everyone can use a quick, romantic getaway now and again, and Wales is somewhere you might not have [...]
October 3rd, 2011 | by Megan Eaves | published in Away
Tweet I’ll admit it. When I first got invited to go to Wales for a week, I figured it was going to be just like Ireland, only more British. I can honestly say now I was wrong. Sure, Wales has a strong Celtic influence. And yes, Wales is a part of Great Britain. But neither [...]
September 16th, 2011 | by Megan Eaves | published in Away
Tweet It’s not far and yet it’s a world away. The Isle of Man is not a destination one particularly thinks of from Ireland, and though it had its heyday in the 1960s, few people bother to explore the tiny British island nowadays. And that is precisely what makes it so charming.
