Online and in the shops

SeaFest 2015, Ireland’s first national maritime festival, takes place today and tomorrow in Ringaskiddy, Haulbowline and the Port of Cork, promising lots of seafaring family fun with free entertainment, modern warship tours and a RNLI duck race www.seafest.ie

Other family festivals this weekend include the Laya Healthcare City Spectacular www.cityspectacular.com in Dublin’s Merrion Square (also in Cork at Fitzgerald Park on July 18 and 19), with street entertainment, science, Lego and other fun activities.