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THE ANNUAL Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann begins in Sligo today with President Michael D Higgins set to launch the week long festival of traditional music.
There are over 250 events being held over the course of the eight days in what organisers describe as the world’s biggest trad music session.
The Fleadh gets underway with a number of events happening this morning but today’s main event is the Colmcille Pageant from 3pm. It’s set to include drummers and dancers parading through the centre of the town before finishing on Stephen’s Street.
President Higgins, a long-time supporter of the Fleadh, will officially open the event at 5pm and will also open and sign a peace book that marks a series of peace building events throughout the week of the Fleadh.
Today’s festivities are expected to create a carnival atmosphere in the town and the pedestrianised streets will play host to one of the the many sessions over the next eight days.
It’s 20 years since the Fleadh was held in Sligo and chairperson of this years festival Bartley Gavin has hailed the “wonderful work of the Sligo people” in preparation.
“It will enable us to welcome with open arms the thousands of visitors that plan to make Sligo their home for the coming week,” he says.
The Fleadh’s website has details of everything that’s going on each day of the festival and also has information on getting and staying there.
Iarnród Éireann have added additional services between Dublin and Sligo for the duration of the Fleadh.
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Not good at all! I look forward to the day when we start seeing these major corporations taking on people rather than letting them go.
Did you not hear the announcement from Intel about their expansion? Take note Journal.ie.
Just remember folks these are the same guys urging a yes vote, who ll cut jobs here and drop us in an instant just to save a few cent. NOT the type of people whose opinion should be trusted on sovereign affairs! Deeply sad news, let’s hope the loss of jobs here is small.
This is just to do with supply and demand, HP is going down as it has not diversified to meet the competition.. The saved money may be invested back into the company and hopefully improve it..
So would it be fair to say that supply and demand will remain the same regardless of whether we are on board this packed metaphorical train? If that’s the case, and as you point out below, Irelands democratic wish won’t make a blind bit of notice to FDI investment and retraction in Ireland? More spoof so from Yes side?
Well your right there about FDI whether we vote yes or no, no difference,
There “hiring” alright, 40+ hrs a week for unpaid “work experience”.
Jesus can we have one story were someone doesn’t bring up the stability treaty or government.
This is bad news. But am I crazy or did I recently read somewhere that HP were actually taking on staff ??
They seem to hire a lot of their engineers etc through a independent subsidiary called HP CDS this allows them to offer lower terms and less benefits as opposed to normal HP engineers.
Stability !!!! Yeah right.
This has nothing to do with the treaty.. If industry X goes bust it’s because of the market shifts
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