Murdered journalist Lyra McKee honoured with MA
By Annie Driver
Journalist Lyra McKee, 29, who was murdered as she reported on riots in Derry last year, has been honoured with a Posthumous Master of Arts Degree in Online Journalism from Birmingham City University.
Lyra wrote...
Woman charged with murdering Irish dancer in London
An 18-year-old woman in Britain has been charged with murdering Irish dancer Adrian Murphy and poisoning another man in London last year.
Diana Cristea, of Barnet,...
Same-sex marriage now legal in Northern Ireland
Same-sex marriage is now legally recognised in Northern Ireland.
Same-sex couples will be able to register to marry, meaning the first ceremonies will take place...
Boris: Stormont must deliver for the people
Prime Minister Boris Johnson has met with leaders in Stormont and called on Northern Ireland’s restored government to ‘deliver for the people’.
The Prime Minister...
SF and DUP finally agree to resume Stormont power sharing
Northern Ireland's main parties, Sinn Féin and the DUP, have backed proposals for the restoration of power-sharing three years after the collapse of the...
Bitter dispute over future of Chorlton Irish Club
There are renewed concerns about the future of Manchester’s historic Chorlton Irish Club.
A group named Friends of Chorlton Irish say they have been made...
Manchester-Irish community stalwart Brendan Clarke passes away
By David Hennessy
The Irish community in Manchester is mourning the death of Brendan Clarke who passed away peacefully at home surrounded by family on...
Former CICA Chairman Seamus Troy passes away
By David Hennessy
The London Irish community is grieving after Seamus Troy, a former chairman of the Council of Irish County Associations in London and...
Government defers its controversial RIC commemoration
The Government has deferred the planned commemoration of the Royal Irish Constabulary and Dublin Metropolitan Police in Irish history.
The event had been widely criticised...
Varadkar defends Royal Irish Constabulary commemoration
Apolitical row has bro- ken out in Ireland over the government’s plans to commemorate the Royal Irish Constabulary in Dublin Castle later this month...