Find local travel experiences in Ireland with a new digital directory

Called Go Wild Ireland, the platform was recently created by the Irish travel magazine of the same name, and aims to make it as seamless as possible for businesses to list their offerings online. With Ireland having just become the first European country to enter into a full lockdown for the second time this year, the platform will allow users to search for hotels, restaurants, points of interest and Irish companies selling food and drinks. Categories include accommodation, attractions, pottery and ceramics, independent retail stores and online fashion.

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New Lidl store gives shoppers glimpse of Dublin’s past
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Shoppers at a new Lidl store in Dublin will get a unique insight into the city’s medieval past.

The remains of an 11th century house are clearly visible beneath a glass section of the floor of the store on Aungier Street in the city centre.

The sunken-floored structure was discovered during excavations of the site, close to Dublin Castle.

“It is a unique structure for Dublin,” said Paul Duffy from IAC Archaeology.

“I am sure it functioned as many things. As a house or as an extra space for the family.

“It is a domestic structure so you would have to imagine that there would have been a suburb here of Hiberno-Norse Dubliners who were effectively the ancestors of the Vikings,” he added.

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Homecoming summit will keep vital bridges to diaspora open

As cities and communities close down to battle Covid-19, the Belfast International Homecoming is vowing to keep vital virtual connections to our global Irish family open

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