14- 16th Dublin Dalkey Book Festival For  the book lovers among our hostel guests the annual Dalkey Book festival features some top writers like Roddy Doyle, Ann Enright and Dawn O Porter . Its all happening  over 14- 16th  June in the very charming  seaside town  of Dalkey in South County Dublin ( home to Bono and other…

14th March 2013 – 18th March 2013 Venue: St George’s Dock Price: Free during the day and after 5pm €5.00 entry Email: bruce@makeithappen.ca Website: www.irishfest.ie Location: George’s Dock at the IFSC Over 20,000 are expected to attend Irishfest (formerly known as the Irish Craft Beer Festival), a celebration of Ireland’s finest craft beer, traditional live-music,…

14th March 2013 – 18th March 2013 Get Ready for the biggest St. Patrick’s Festival yet! Street theatre and performance, pageantry, spectacle, music, dance, literature, comedy, film, and family events are planned as part of a jam-packed schedule over 5 electrifying days! 2013 is YOUR chance to take part in the St. Patrick’s Day Parade!…

The 2013 Six Nations Championship will see two home matches for Ireland, played in Dublin’s Aviva Stadium. The annual northern hemisphere rugby union championship is contested by Ireland, England, France, Wales, Scotland and Italy. See the top players battle it out in Europe’s premier international rugby tournament! Ireland vs France – Saturday 9th @ 5.00pm…

27th September 2012 Venue: Dublin City The annual celebration of all things Guinness will take place on Thursday 27th September across Dublin. Paint the town black on Arthur’s Day on Thursday 27th September and raise your glass to the man behind the famous pint; Arthur Guinness. There are gigs and events galore all over Dublin…

20th September 2012 – 7th October 2012 Venue: Dublin Docklands Beer and more Beer at the authentic Oktoberfest Dublin festival! The original Oktoberfest will come from Germany to Dublin, giving Irish people the chance to experience the authentic Oktoberfest Dublin festival. A marquee – representative of that in the Oktoberfest in Munich – and German…

Dates: 8-13 September 2012 ABSOLUT Fringe is Ireland’s largest multi-disciplinary arts festival. Now in its 18th year, the festival stages up to 525 events in over 40 venues, and around 150,000 people have at least one Fringe experience during the Festival. For 16 days the festival transforms Dublin into a ‘dream factory’, an exposé of…