Protestors demand Ireland boycott Israel’s Eurovision
By PJ Cunningham
Major events in sports and entertainment have long been targeted as a means of getting political messages to a wider public....
Two in three Irish ‘in favour’ of diaspora vote
By Colin Gannon
A majority in Ireland support extending presidential election voting rights to Irish citizens abroad and in Northern Ireland, according to a recent...
Cross-party calls for Bradley to resign ‘untenable’ position
Colin Gannon
The families of victims killed in a bloody massacre during the Troubles are demanding the resignation of Northern Ireland secretary Karen Bradley after...
Campaigners defending Irish citizenship take case to Brussels
Colin Gannon
Northern Ireland residents who wish to assert their Irish nationality and EU citizenship rights after Brexit are inadequately protected by Theresa May’s current...
I’ll visit all 32 Irish counties, vows Prince Charles
Heir to the British throne Prince Charles, who fifty years ago this month became the Prince of Wales, kicked off St Patrick’s Day celebrations...
Survey of squirrels and pine martens needs help from Irish public
The Irish public is being invited to participate in a survey seeking to determine the latest distribution of red and grey squirrels and the...
Musicians can tour “freely” in UK via Ireland under new system
Colin Gannon
The UK government’s decision to scrap “perverse” changes to rules on touring musicians entering the country via Dublin is “very welcome”, music industry...
Cross made from Famine coffin added to Dublin museum
A timber cross, made from the wood of a hinged coffin used to bury victims during the Great Famine, has been added to a...
Cash register tycoon tots up his life in UK
By PJ Cunningham
Retired businessman Mark McGaugh, 78, who came to this country from Mayo in the 1950s, has just written a book about...
Finucane murder investigation was flawed, rules Supreme Court
The official investigation into the 1989 murder of Belfast solicitor Patrick Finucane was “ineffective” and failed to meet the required human rights standards, the...