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Monday 27 March 2023 Dublin: 2°C

# Festival

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# Galway
Taoiseach: "Galway went global this week" with Volvo Ocean Race
Enda Kenny said that the race finale had brought the kind of audience and publicity “that no marketing budget could ever buy”.
# Your Say
Poll: Are you going to festival in Ireland this summer?
Festival season is well and truly underway by now – are you going to one?
# Body and Soul
Brollies, pirates... and a camel: the Body and Soul festival in pics
Festival goers braved the changeable weather to make the most of the Ballinlough Castle event.
# yes to vhs
Found Footage Festival comes to Ireland
Prepare to cringe at collection of oddest home and corporate video clips. And yes, they are mostly from the 1980s.
# Forbidden Fruit
Fun in the sun: Forbidden Fruit draws to a close in the sunshine
Sunshiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiine!
# Forbidden Fruit
Gallery: More rain and music but Forbidden Fruit promises the sun tomorrow
Apparently the sun’s coming out tomorrow…
# Forbidden Fruit
In pictures: Forbidden Fruit festival gets under way in Dublin
Big horns and lots of rain.
# pic of the day
A Spoonful of Sugar Pic of the Day
No comment.
# New Order
Bank Holiday Weekend Festival Rider of the Day
Chardonnay, ENGLISH tea bags and subdued lighting. That’s what New Order are demanding when they visit Dublin for Forbidden Fruit this weekend…
# Daily Fix
The Daily Fix: Wednesday
Your essential evening round-up of the day’s biggest news…
# Festival
Showground: RDS to host 2013 Amlin Challenge Cup final
The night before the Heineken Cup hits the Aviva, the Amlin Challenge Cup will be handed out in Ballsbridge.
# body art
Older people with tattoos? INK to make you think...
Projects challenges assumptions about body art and older people as part of Bealtaine creativity and ageing festival.
# homeless festival
Festival shines light on homelessness in Ireland
The classic Irish dark comedy Adam & Paul will be shown at the IFI on Saturday as part of an international festival raising awareness about homelessness.
# Work Can Wait
Video: Snoop Dogg raps with Tupac hologram at Coachella
Yep. That’s not at all weird…
# St Patrick's Day
Global culture programme for St Patrick's Day revealed
It’s not all about shamrock shakes and pints of Guinness.
# Festival
The Cure and Sigur Rós set to headline Electric Picnic 2012
The line-up for the Laois festival announced this afternoon also includes Elbow, The xx, The Roots, Hot Chip Ed Sheeran and Bell X1.
# on the ball
This year's Grand Marshal for the Patrick's Day parade is...
Footballing legend John Giles will lead the parade in Dublin city this year, two and a half months before Ireland plays in the European Championships.
# Carnival
In pictures: Rio de Janeiro's Carnival festival
Check out the pagaentry of the world’s largest Carnival festival.
# Chinese New Year
In photos, video: Chinese New Year celebrations around the world
Today is the first day of the Chinese Year of the Dragon.
# Hard man
Safe bet: Tony McCoy set for Cheltenham
The champion jockey is confident he’ll be back in the saddle in time for the festival’s trial day.
# Your Say
Poll: Will you miss Oxegen in 2012?
The annual music fest has been cancelled for this year. Does this bother you?
# fringe
Nutshell review: When Irish Hearts are Praying
Every day, TheJournal.ie brings you reader-generated reviews of the hottest tickets at the ABSOLUT Fringe Festival 2011.
# fringe
5 questions for the Fringe: Robbie Kitt
Each day for the 16 days of ABSOLUT Fringe 2011 in Dublin, we quiz the creatives on how they work, why they work – and their tips for the festival.
# fringe
Nutshell review: Rogue
Every day, TheJournal.ie brings you reader-generated reviews of the hottest tickets at the ABSOLUT Fringe Festival 2011.
# fringe
Nutshell review: The Adventures of Alvin Sputnik
Every day, TheJournal.ie brings you reader-generated reviews of the hottest tickets at the ABSOLUT Fringe Festival 2011.
# Opinion
Column: What is an artist for?
Denis Buckley has been a doorman and a welder but now that he’s a poet, he’s trying to define what exactly that value that holds at this time…
# fringe
Nutshell review: What are poets for?
Every day, TheJournal.ie brings you reader-generated reviews of the hottest tickets at the ABSOLUT Fringe Festival 2011.
# fringe
5 questions for the Fringe: Tim Watts
Each day for the 16 days of ABSOLUT Fringe 2011 in Dublin, we quiz the creatives on how they work, why they work – and their tips for the festival.
# fringe
WIN: Tickets to an ABSOLUT Fringe show tomorrow
Win a pair of tickets to a hot Fringe show – and then tell us what you think of it for our readers’ review series.
# Ploughing
Ploughing Championships: What you need to know
Pole-climbing, Axe Factor, Chinese scouts … and some ploughing – it’s your survival guide to agricultural Ireland’s highlight of the year.
# fringe
Nutshell review: The Flamboyant Bird
Every day, TheJournal.ie brings you reader-generated reviews of the hottest tickets at the ABSOLUT Fringe Festival 2011.
# fringe
WIN: Tickets to ABSOLUT Fringe show
Win a pair of tickets to a hot Fringe show – and then tell us what you think of it for our readers’ review series.
# fringe
Nutshell review: Pop Centre Plus - Frisky & Mannish
Every day, TheJournal.ie brings you reader-generated reviews of the hottest tickets at the ABSOLUT Fringe Festival 2011.
# fringe
WIN: Tickets to ABSOLUT Fringe show
Win a pair of tickets to a hot Fringe show – and then tell us what you think of it for our readers’ review series.
# fringe
Nutshell review: Intimacy
Every day, TheJournal.ie brings you reader-generated reviews of the hottest tickets at the ABSOLUT Fringe Festival 2011.
# fringe
Nutshell review: Our Father
Every day, TheJournal.ie brings you reader-generated reviews of the hottest tickets at the ABSOLUT Fringe Festival 2011.
# fringe
Nutshell review: Whenever I get blown up, I think of you
Every day, TheJournal.ie brings you reader-generated reviews of the hottest tickets at the ABSOLUT Fringe Festival 2011.
# fringe
5 questions for the Fringe: Paul Reid
Each day for the 16 days of ABSOLUT Fringe 2011 in Dublin, we quiz the creatives on how they work, why they work – and their tips for the festival.
# fringe
WIN: Tickets to ABSOLUT Fringe shows
Win a pair of tickets to a hot Fringe show – and then tell us what you think of it for our readers’ review series.