THE OLD pagan festival of Bealtaine, marking the coming of summer and the season of fertility, is still celebrated at an ancient stone fort at the foot of the Paps mountains, writes Donal Hickey

It is the kind of advertising money could not buy — the publishers of 3,000 magazines read by millions of Europeans paying homage to Taoiseach Enda Kenny and the people of this island.

Halloween is a mish-mash of many cultures, but its roots can be found in Ireland’s pagan tradition, writes Carl Dixon.