A feast of Irish cinematic talent in London

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By David Hennessy   Irish Film Festival London is back, for its ninth year.   The five day programme celebration of Irish film includes serious drama, comedies, and thought-provoking documentaries, from emerging talent to veteran stars.   There...

Jack Mulligan to be shown on London Live

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Jack Mulligan, the short crime film written by Andy Nolan of the Biblecode Sundays, is to be shown on London Live at 10pm Saturday...

Varadkar: Plan B is no deal, and we’re all preparing for that’

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Taoiseach Leo Varadkar says that although Ireland would be open to an extension for the House of Commons to ratify the deal, there is...

Taoiseach: Deal protects NI and avoids hard border

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Taoiseach Leo Varadkar says the Brexit deal reached this morning protects the people of Northern Ireland and avoids a hard border. Speaking in Brussels after...
Johnson rebuffed as MPs refuse to rubber stamp his Brexit Bill

British Embassy in Ireland responds to Common Travel Area concerns

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The British Embassy in Dublin has responded to concerns of Irish people in the UK about possible restrictions on their free movement. Prime Minister Boris...

Returning emigrants face poverty, homelessness and isolation

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By David Hennessy Emigrants returning to Ireland are finding themselves vulnerable to poverty, homelessness, isolation, mental and physical health needs. A new report from Crosscare Migrant...

Tribunal rules people born in Northern Ireland are automatically British

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People born in Northern Ireland are British citizens under law, even if they identify as Irish, a UK tribunal ruled this week.  Derry woman Emma De Souza has, since 2017, been waging a legal...

Vote to make EPIC world’s leading tourist attraction

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Ireland's emigration museum, EPIC, is looking to be proclaimed the world’s leading Tourist Attraction 2019 at the 26th annual World Travel Awards. Earlier this...

A schoolboy hit: The rising Irish country star David Kiernan

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Mags McGagh in Manchester spoke to rising Irish country star David Kiernan, from Ballinamuck, when he recently visited the self-styled ‘capital of the North’. Where...

Irish Rambling House returns for its mission to ‘entertain the Exiles’

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Irish Rambling House is back on its 19-year old self-styled mission to “entertain the Exiles”. And it’s sticking to the same formula that its loyal...