Vote to make EPIC world’s leading tourist attraction
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...
Is there finally light at the end of the Brexit tunnel?
Taoiseach Leo Varadkar hailed a “positive” private meeting with Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Thursday, saying a deal is “possible” by October 31.
In a...
A schoolboy hit: The rising Irish country star David Kiernan
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’
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...
Bridging geography, generations and musical styles at Hawk’s Well Theatre
Submersing yourself in a culture’s music and you will find the heart of any tradition writes Dr Trudy Prescott
If you want to understand a...
Family-owned London Irish firm demonstrates worth of apprenticeships
A family-owned London-Irish decorating firm that has long championed apprenticeships, K&M McLoughlin Decorating Ltd, last month launched its own K&M Awards to celebrate its...
Kerry man named as new boss of BP…and a Cork man named head of...
Kerry man Bernard Looney, 49, has been named as the new incoming boss of energy giant BP.
He will succeed Bob Dudley who has been...
PJ Cunningham: Ireland’s 2020 general election campaign begins…now
By PJ Cunningham
Something moved in Irish politics last week which could totally change the landscape for all parties in the Dáil.
By ending its Confidence...
Birmingham pub bomb families turn to Ireland for justice
Bereaved family members of those killed in the 1974 Birmingham pub bombings have appealed to the Irish government for support for their campaign for...
UK’s latest customs plans for NI border don’t add up, says Varadkar
'I don’t fully understand how we can have Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland in a separate customs union and somehow avoid there being tariffs and checks and customs posts between North and South.'