Topic: County Antrim

Shark hunting for Grand National glory

Shark Hanlon expects Alfa Beat to be his first runner in the John Smith's Grand National. . . The eight-year-old grey won the Kerry National at...

GLEN EYES NATIONAL SPREE

Killyglen was still in contention when falling four fences out in last year's National and a return to Aintree is on the agenda for the 10-year-old...
Planning permission has been granted for a new hotel development in Lisburn, County Antrim.. . The 100-bedroom hotel, with health suite and...

Baby and woman rescued from fire

A young woman and a her 14-month-old baby have been rescued from a house fire in Glengormley, County Antrim.. . The pair became trapped upstairs in...

Antrim firm wins DEL court case

A County Antrim training company has won a High Court challenge over being ruled out of the running for publicly-funded apprenticeship programmes...

Confidential agreement between Larne priest and Diocese

A confidential agreement was reached last week between Pat Buckley and the Diocese of Down and Conor with regard to the presbytery in Larne, Co...

Giant's Causeway

Giant's Causeway is a natural wonder of the world, composed of 40 000 basalt columns, hexagonal rocks that jut out like footsteps or large thrones. The Irish say that the Giant Finn MacCool escaped across these stepping stones to harbour in ...

Old Bushmills Distillery

Old Bushmills Distillery is located not far from Giant's Causeway on the north coast of County Antrim in Northern Ireland . The process includes mashing, fermentation, distillation, maturation, blending and bottling. For example, in the maturation process the whiskey is aged in ...
Ireland can be a fantastic country in which to spend a vacation and it has many areas of outstanding natural beauty. However one of the most famous sections goes by the name of the Antrim Coast Road and this is widely regarded ...

Things to do and see in Ireland

Ireland is a beautiful lush island in the northwest of Europe. The local people are true to their name, being friendly folk, the craic really is almighty and the food is amongst the best in the world.Lets start with some fun ...