The world’s biggest stout brewery was officially opened at St James’s Gate in Dublin today.

Drinks giant Diageo is to pay for extra gardaí to be brought onto the streets of cities around the country to police Arthur’s Day celebrations tonight.

It started as a wheeze four years ago, dreamt up by the marketing gurus in Guinness, but it now looks like time is about to be called on Arthur’s Day, writes Micheal Clifford

Drinks giant Diageo is standing firm on its plans for Arthur’s Day despite growing pressure to abandon the promotion.

THIS year, veteran actor Des Keogh celebrates five decades in “the business”.

Brewer Guinness was prepared to drop associations with Ireland and promote itself as an English company during the Falklands crisis, state papers have revealed.

Mr Noel Magnier’s comments regarding the events surrounding Arthur’s Day cloud the real issues and is the another excellent example of how we, as a nation, refuse to really look in the collective mirror and take control of our country’s destiny.

Caroline Flack cries whenever she speaks to 'X Factor' contestant Ella Henderson.

A leading emergency consultant in Cork has described Arthur’s Day as “really regrettable” and “the last thing this country needs”.

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ONCE, at a football match in Thurles, I saw the future of rock ‘n’ roll, and it shook me to my core.

THEY hailed it as a toast to Arthur but for many midday imbibers it meant a toast to sobriety as pubs around the country closed for an hour yesterday afternoon to prepare for a ticket-only invite to a party celebrating the life of Arthur Guinness.

FOR a moment, in a parallel universe, it looked like it might be her namesake Elizabeth Dawn, aka Vera Duckworth, sidling up to the bar in a futuristic version of The Rover’s Return on Coronation Street.

The perfect pint of Guinness proved an alluring temptation for the Duke of Edinburgh today – but one he could just about resist.

The Queen and Duke of Edinburgh declined to sample Ireland’s most famous export – a pint of Guinness this afternoon.

A BATTLE between amateur brewers at St James’s Gate has thrown up some exotic new flavours with the winning tipple now set to be sold in Europe and possibly on Irish shelves.

Up to €1m will again be made available to Irish social entrepreneurs by the Arthur Guinness Fund next year, it was announced today.

GRANTS to the value of €1 million are being made available to successful entrepreneurs who are making a positive impact on Irish communities.

IT may be a marketing gimmick but Arthur’s Day came at a time yesterday when the country really needed a pint.

Manic Street Preachers, David Gray and Cathy Davey are among the headline acts taking to the stage in Ireland for Arthur's Day later.

WATERING holes across the country are gearing up for a stout-fest on Arthur’s Day tomorrow but one Tipperary pub is going to more effort than most.

More than 15 new artists have been added to the star studded line-up to mark Arthur’s Day, it was announced today.

Award-winning singer Paolo Nutini revealed today he plans to play until he drops when he toasts the birth of Guinness.

Dublin: Budding entrepreneurs are battling it out for a cash award of up to €100,000 in memory of Arthur Guinness.

Guinness is producing a live television ad on New Year’s Eve to mark the end of its 250th anniversary celebrations, it was revealed today.

CONNOISSEURS may claim Guinness doesn’t travel well, but there were more than a few pints of the black stuff pulled in hostelries across the world yesterday as purveyors raised a glass to Arthur.

GLOBAL celebrations to salute the world’s most famous stout kicked off in style last night with Tom Jones leading the toast with pints of Guinness in Dublin.

SURE Jaysus who could imagine 50 million pints of the black stuff being sunk around the globe at the same time.

A GUINNESS heiress has called on Irish companies to mirror the brewing family’s spirit and fund hospitals, schools and small businesses hit by the recession.

Global celebrations to salute the world’s most famous stout kicked off in style tonight with Tom Jones leading the toast with pints of Guinness in Dublin.

Millions of revellers will raise pints of the world’s most famous stout today to toast the birth of Guinness.

Millions of revellers will raise pints of the world’s most famous stout tomorrow to toast the birth of Guinness.

TICKETS have just gone on sale for what promises to be another epic Guinness Cork Jazz Festival. The October Bank Holiday event will feature more than 1,000 musicians from 29 countries.

Willie Mullins’ Deutschland, ante-post favourite for tomorrow’s Arthur Guinness Galway Hurdle, scraped into the 20-runner field by one runner.

Guinness today announced the line-up of artists for Dublin’s Arthur’s Day 250th anniversary celebrations on September 24.

Guinness has today launched a competition as part of its 250-year anniversary celebrations that would see one winner enjoy zero-gravity in space.

Hip hop favourites Black Eyed Peas and rockers Kasabian are among music stars lining up for a clutch of global concerts to toast 250 years of Guinness this autumn, it was revealed today.

A proposed €650m Guinness brewery may be in doubt after drinks firm Diageo announced a review of the project today.

Guinness bosses hope sales will surge during the recession and it will grab a bigger chunk of the sluggish Irish beer market.

Brewing giant Guinness is to re-run some of its classic television adverts going back to the 1950s to mark its 250th birthday.

Guinness is expected to brew a special anniversary stout to mark its 250th birthday next year, it emerged today.

WRITERS, musicians and rebellious folk make up the latest list of the top 10 Dubliners of all time.

THE glorious St Stephen’s Green in Dublin was given by Arthur Guinness to the people of Dublin for their enjoyment in 1880. Don’t destroy it.