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We start this week with 8000 tulip bulbs - planted in Glenarm Castle in the Autumn last year and now in full bloom ready for this weekends Glenarm Castle Tulip Festival - Estate Manager Adrian Morrow has been keeping an eye on them all winter and Lady Dunluce who's idea the festival was, is delighted with how her place is looking – we’ll join them both live from Glenarm Castle. <?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" />

Lissan House is a magical and enchanting place near Cookstown, County Tyrone, and it came runner-up in the ´óÏó´«Ã½'s Restoration programme back in 2003. Now, after years of struggling they've managed to gather enough money to make the house safe and secure and give the outside of it a facelift. It's a place with an amazing history – Anne Marie took a tour of Lissan House in the company of local man Neil Watt, one of the Directors of the Lissan House Trust<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" />

Lissan House is now open for tours and there's a special Lissan at War event on Saturday 10th May at 11am with music Glen Miller style, dancing, living history, and archery.

If you want to get up close and personal with the moon, stars and Jupiter, head to Bangor Castle this Saturday 3rd May - that's where Terry Moseley from the Irish Astronomical Association will be for a very special event <?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" />

There’s a Free Astronomy Evening taking place in the museum beside Bangor Castle at 6.30pm, and you can avail of telescopes and binoculars, handle meteorites and explore the Star Dome Planetarium. For more info visit

Darach MacDonald – a Monaghan man, now living in Castlederg - has written a new book describing his experience as a modern day pilgrim, it’s called ‘Tochar - Walking Irelands Ancient Pilgrim Paths’. In it,he travels the length and breadth of the country exploring places associated with spirituality. Paul Moore met him near the infamous St Patricks Purgatory in Lough Derg and took to the ancient pilgrim path to find out more. <?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" />

There’s a big charity event happening in South Armagh on Sunday morning - just before Drumintee - on Slieve Gullion mountain - 570 metres, 1800 feet high! Hundreds will gather to create a human chain from the bottom to the top of it! And they need volunteers - Local woman Niamh Treanor is leading the ascent - she's on the line to us now, with Slieve Gullion in your sights.　<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" />

Helping Hands - a human chain from the bottom to the top of Slieve Gullion is happening tomorrow - meet at 9 0’ clock and then join hands at 11 0 clock.

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It’s festival time, but a festival with a difference – jump aboard a boat, climb a hill top, connect with nature and explore a magical landscape that only Lough Erne in County Fermanagh can provide. That's the notion behind the first ever Islander Festival on until Monday, at islands throughout the lough. Belcoo man Barry Flanagan is Tourism Officer for the Upper Lough Erne Region and will give us a ful rundown of the festival on the lakesÌý 　<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" />