New community garden in Brent will ‘help people in crisis’
A charity in Brent has opened a community garden aimed at providing “therapeutic help to people who have experienced crisis” and a way of...
London Irish Centre want suggestions for replacement
Trustees and directors of the 50-year-old London Irish Centre in Camden have asked people to tell it what they want from their centre over...
Luton priest’s papal blessing to mark 25 years of service
Luton parish priest Fr Tony Brennan received a special apostolic blessing from Pope Francis, presented to him by Bishop Peter Doyle, in honour of...
London pub’s London-Roscommon charity cycle
The landlord and regulars of popular London pub The Claddagh Ring are to cycle from the capital to Ballaghadareen in Roscommon for charity.
Publican...
Charity launches new Irish cultural project in Hackney
The Irish Elderly Advice Network (IEAN) has launched a new project in Hackney, East London, ensuring Irish culture is part of the rich diversity...
Honour for ‘outstanding’ Irish nun for lifetime of teaching
An Irish nun who attended convent in London has been awarded a prestigious medal from an English university for a lifetime of teaching in...
One-fifth of Irish abuse victims who applied for support based in UK
More than a fifth of the institutional abuse victims who applied to the Irish government’s controversial financial support service, Caranua, left Ireland to live...
Irish Embassy: Renew your Irish passport online
The Embassy of Ireland has asked the Irish World to publish this public information message for Irish passport holders.
Are you ready for your...
Fr Seamus Hetherton’s funeral arrangements
On Thursday 1 August there will be a Mass at 7.00 pm at Our Lady of Fatima Higgins Lane Quinton, Higgins Lane, Quinton, Birmingham...
Brexit shows ‘we need to stick together as a community’
Writing for the Irish World, the Chief Executive of Irish in Britain Brian Dalton says the current growth of civil activism and social organisation...