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9th December - 12th December The Irish Baroque Orchestra present their rave reviewed performance of Handel’s Messiah in the National Gallery of Ireland. • www.nationalgallery.ie 11th December - 22nd December The popular 12 Days of Christmas Festival returns to Dublin’s Docklands this Christmas. Enjoy a magical festival experience in this unique setting with over 80 market traders selling a range of festive goodies, gifts, seasonal food and loads more to fill your Christmas stockings with. It promises to be a great day out. • www.dublindocklands.ie 13th December Get out and cheer on our athletes at the 16th SPAR European Cross Country Championships which takes place in Dublin on December 13th. This is the first European Athletics Championship event to be held in Ireland and will undoubtedly be a momentous occasion for the sport. • www.dublin2009.ie 26th December - 10th January Funderland is back at the RDS from December 26th and wants you to come along and enjoy a brilliant day at Europe’s largest indoor funfair. It’s not to be missed! • www.funderland.com
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26th December - 29th December Enjoy a day at the races at the Leopardstown Christmas Racing Festival, long regarded as one of the racing highlights of the National Hunt season. • www.leopardstown.com 31st December Celebrate the New Year in style at the National Concert Hall with RTÉ’s Gala New Year’s Eve Concert. • www.nch.ie Hear the Christ Church Bells ring in the New Year at Christ Church Cathedral (before midnight). • www.cccdub.ie
JANUARY 16th January – 17th January The National Basketball Arena in Tallaght is the venue for the Basketball Ireland National Cup Semi Finals. Cheer on your favourite team as they try to reach the final of this fast-paced and exciting sport. • www.basketballireland.ie TBC January Chase away the Winter Blues at Recharge, one of the longest running events in the DLR Events programme. Recharge is a riot of
entertainment and activities for all the family with a DJ providing the background music for face painters, balloons, “make and do”, inflatable games and bouncy castles. • www.dlrevents.ie
Nations Grand Slam Champions take on Italy in their first home game of the 2010 Six Nations Championship at the magnificent Croke Park stadium. • www.irishrugby.ie
22nd January - 24th January Banish the winter blues and start thinking about your next holiday at the Holiday World Show 2010 in the RDS. • www.holidayworldshow.com
12th February - 21st February Visit Dublin and join in the Chinese New Year Festival celebrations which will be taking place at venues across the capital. Enjoy Chinese film, art, theatre and all the spectacle and circus that goes with this celebration as Dublin helps ring in the Year of the Tiger. • www.dublincity.ie
27th January - 31st January Celebrate traditional Irish music and culture at the Temple Bar Tradfest and enjoy live performances from some of Ireland’s top musicians, as well as kid’s events and much, much more. • www.templebartrad.com 29th January - 31st January We’re back in the National Basketball Arena in Tallaght for the Basketball Ireland National Cup final. Come out and cheer on the teams as they attempt to become the 2010 National Champions. • www.basketballireland.ie
FEBRUARY 6th February The boys are back! Watch our current Six
14th February Clontarf Castle Hotel is, once again, the venue for the Dublin Toy and Train Fair and is a great day out for both young and old. Let your inner child out and play! • www.dublintoyandtrainfair.com 18th February - 28th February Lights. Camera. Action. The Jameson Dublin International Film Festival welcomes some of the worlds most regarded film makers and actors to one of the most high profile events on the Irish calendar. Screening over 100 film premiers and hosting many popular forums, this film festival showcases a selection of the best in contemporary world cinema. • www.dubliniff.com
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