We love Halloween. The colours, the costumes, the spooky stories, the brisk breeze in the air, the vague creeping worry that any encounter with a barmbrack may land you in the dentist’s chair; it’s a great time. Halloween has deep roots in Ireland, linked with our ancient Samhain festival celebrating the end of the harvest … More It’s A Wonderful (After)Life: Top 5 Things to do this Halloween
Last week with the leafy beginnings of autumn in our minds, we called on our readers to vote for their favourite Irish park. On the ballot were some of the most beautiful parks and adventure trails in the country and our readers took to the poll in their droves as well as getting in contact on our … More Ireland’s Favourite Park: And the winner is…
Autumn has arrived; the schools are back, the days are getting shorter, the heavy black bin bags are starting to look a lot more like a makeshift Halloween costume and you’ve definitely heard at least one person give out about the fact that the ‘Christmas decorations are starting to come out already’. It’s a beautiful … More Top 5 Irish Parks
As we approach Children’s Month in Ireland, the BOI team hand-picked just a few of the great autumnal goings-on to help make this back to school season one to remember. Let’s take a look! … More Curing the Back to School Blues
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