Varadkar rebuffs new PM’s backstop demands in first call
Taoiseach Leo Varadkar warned Boris Johnson today that he is heading for a Brexit collision course, telling the new British Prime Minister in a...
Emotional reunion for family from deserted Achill Island village
A family reunion has taken place in Achill Island after two members of the last family to live in a deserted village —along with...
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...
New grassroots Irish movement to stop no-deal Brexit
A lifelong Labour Party activist and former councillor has joined forces with a rebel MP, who resigned the Tory whip, to start a ‘David...
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...
No Deal? No way…
Three former British Prime Ministers and various Irish government ministers have warned incoming PM Boris Johnson not to continue down the no-deal Brexit path...
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...
The untold story of Irish women emigrating to Britain
Both a personal and professional project for historian Dr Jennifer Redmond, having lived in the UK as a child, her Moving Histories book is...