CALLING all unattached young men aged between 21 and 30 for what is dubbed “probably the best job in the world” for a week in August.

THE search is on for a bunch of budding escorts to tend to the needs of 32 women from Ireland and abroad vying for the coveted Rose of Tralee title.

Organisers of many of Ireland's best-known local festivals gather today for talks on how to cope with the dwindling number of volunteers who prop up the events.

LOCAL festivals generated €300 million for the economy this year, it emerged yesterday.

Local festivals generated €300m for the Irish economy this year, it emerged today.

THEY’RE smart, good-looking, charming, well-educated and if they could only waltz, they’d be perfection itself.

WATERFORD City Council has announced it will be investing €1.9 million in the hosting of this year’s Tall Ships Race.

THE future of hundreds of festivals nationwide is in doubt because of escalating insurance premiums, Fine Gael tourism spokesperson Jimmy Deenihan has warned.

A GROWING number of summer festivals and concerts will be cancelled this year because of the hike in the cost of insurance cover, the Association of Irish Festival Events (AOIFE) has warned.