Dublin’s EPIC shortlisted for World’s Leading Tourist Attraction
Epic, The Irish Emigration Museum, has been shortlisted for the title of World’s Leading Tourist Attraction 2019 at the 26th annual World Travel Awards.
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Irish events in the UK this Autumn
Irish music, film. theatre, arts and charity events coming up this season
Arts & Culture
Nathan Carter plays the Gordon Craig Theatre, Stevenage on Tuesday 1...
Boris proposals ‘not promising’, says Leo
Taoiseach Leo Varadkar said he will be speaking to Prime Minister Boris Johnson by telephone later today to discuss the detail of his border...
Tributes to Say You Love Me and Courtin’ In The Kitchen singer songwriter Dessie...
Damien Dempsey and Sharon Shannon led the tributes to fiddle player and songwriter Dessie O’Halloran, who passed away last weekend after a short illness.
O’Halloran,...
Memorable night for Dervish at the London Palladium (twenty five years in the making)
By Michael McDonagh at the London Palladium
When Dervish lead singer Cathy Jordan took to the stage at the prestigious London Palladium, she apologised for...
Diaspora charity Aisling Return to Ireland celebrates 25 years
The Embassy of Ireland celebrated 25 years of the he Aisling Return to Ireland Project last week with a reception for the many volunteers...
NUI Galway nanoscientist bound for Antarctica on Women’s Leadership mission
Galway nanoscientist Dr Jessamyn Fairfield, of the School of Physics at NUI Galway, is fundraising for a ground-breaking leadership programme for women working in...
Cork sculptor’s critique of consumer society opens Irish Cultural Centre’s new gallery space
ICC Hammersmith chairman Peter Power-Hynes with Ambassador of Ireland Adrian O'Neill, sculptor Moss Gaynor with his wife Joanne Gaynor and ICC Hammersmith General Manager...
Maz O’Connor – A Daughter of the Diaspora
“In terms of the Irish emigration story the woman’s narrative is not widely told, I am trying to tell the important women’s stories that...
Return of the protest song
Return of the protest song
‘We are going headlong for a war if we don’t cop on and if we don’t wake up now,’ Germany-based...