The Happy Days Enniskillen International Beckett Festival will take place 22-26 August 2013, in Enniskillen, County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland.

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Year after year, the Edinburgh Festival confirms that happy thought.

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The opening day of the four-day Irish National Hunt Festival at Punchestown proved a happy one for the Carberry family.

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The festival even has its own salutation: Glad midsommar (Happy Midsummer).

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