Country guide
The Irish character is akin to their humor: cutting but gentle. Ireland. The provinces. A remote dirt road in the countryside. Foreigners lost in a rented car ask a local how to get to the capital…
Country guide
You can discover Ireland in different ways: surf the Internet, read a guidebook, or go on a week or two tour around this amazing Emerald Isle. But the best thing, of course, is to simply live there…
Everyday life
The long-awaited and at the same time controversial ban on smoking in the workplace in the Republic of Ireland came into force at midnight from Sunday to Monday. A person caught with a lit cigarette…
Almost everyone already knows that foreign workers are well paid in Ireland. And many also know that it is much cheaper to learn English in Dublin than in London. However, few people know that the…
Rain, Irish folklore and pubs where they know how to sing and drink. Galway in Ireland (along with Rijeka in Croatia) is the European Capital of Culture for 2020. This title will not only boost the…
There are not many countries on our planet capable of achieving economic growth of nearly 8%. Even China managed to increase its GDP by "only" 6.9% last year and expects to at best stay at that level…
Immigration problems have again attracted the attention of the Irish public, after 60 foreigners were deported from Dublin back to Romania and Moldova. Men, women and children who had not received…
Four euros for a pint of creamy foam with a subtle aftertaste of malt and coffee called 'Guinness'? No way, it cannot be that in a country where until recently it was considered shameful to throw…
For the first six months of the new year, the reins of the country's presidency of the European Union have passed to the Emerald Isle. Prime Minister of the Republic Bertie Ahern told a conference…
Probably, ten years ago it was hard even to imagine how freely and confidently our compatriots would move across the vast expanses... no, not of our homeland, but of distant foreign lands…
Bar and hotel owners in Ireland are demanding that the ban on smoking in public places be lifted. In their view, this innovation will affect not only the health of the Irish, but also the country's…
The Government of Ireland has submitted to parliament a bill "On Alcohol", the purpose of which is to "substantially reduce the level of alcohol consumption in the country". As Izvestia.Ru reports…