Winning hearts and minds
A national charity has partnered with a London GAA club for a mental health scheme aimed at reducing stigma around mental illness in the...
Historian, witness, survivor
Precisely 51 years on from the day Peter Tyrell set himself on fire at Hampstead Heath park in London, dozens of people gathered there...
Remembering a controversial 1916 Rising drama shown on the BBC
Lance Pettitt, Associate Research Fellow, Birkbeck College, London, explores the impact of a TV drama about the Easter Rising on viewers in England in...
Victims’ families call for end to ‘hurtful’ rallies
The families of victims killed by British soldiers during the Troubles have called on veterans groups to cancel their “deeply hurtful” demonstrations.
A rally protesting...
Music can aid stroke recovery, research suggests
Listening to music can help stroke victims in their recoveries, new research has suggested.
On a series of tests of cognitive function, participants in a...
Reprieve for RTÉ Longwave
A retired RTÉ radio engineer and long-time campaigner to preserve RTÉ radio transmissions to the UK has urged Irish who save 252 LW groups...
Superquinn founder Feargal Quinn passes away aged 82
Superquinn supermarket founder and politician Feargal Quinn has died at the age of 82 after a short illness.
In a long career, Mr Quinn was...
Eye-witness account of 1921 Irish club shooting in Manchester
The Irish World's Michael McDonagh was recently trawling his own family archives and came across a 1975 recording with his late father, Alexander McDonagh,...
‘Why in God’s name’ did it take McKee’s murder to unite parties
A priest at the funeral of murdered journalist Lyra McKee asked “why in God’s name” it took her murder to unite politicians in the...
Business group announces evening with Michael Flatley
The Sligo Business Network will host a special networking event in London next month, with hopes that Michael Flatley will be in attendance to...