£5.5 million for 106 groups
By Bernard Purcell
Emigrant Support grants range from £450 for graduate network to £955,000 for Irish Centre in Camden.
Irish organisations in Britain have received grants...
Irish lorry driver arrested over 39 bodies
A 25-year-old lorry driver from Northern Ireland has been arrested on suspicion of murder after the bodies of 39 people were found in a...
NI abortion laws brought in line with rest of UK
The first sitting of the Stormont Assembly in two-and-a-half years was to no avail in its last minute bid to stop the decriminalisation of...
Johnson to press ahead with Brexit Bill despite MPs’ rebuff
PM Boris Johnson suffered a humiliating challenge to his personal authority and his Brexit Bill as MPs today refused to rubber stamp the Brexit...
Varadkar: The Queen will still be the Queen, the pound will still be the...
Taoiseach Leo Varadkar says that he always expected to be asked to compromise in order to secure a Brexit deal.
Speaking in Brussells, he said:...
A feast of Irish cinematic talent in London
By David Hennessy
Irish Film Festival London is back, for its ninth year.
The five day programme celebration of Irish film includes serious drama, comedies, and thought-provoking documentaries, from emerging talent to veteran stars.
There...
Jack Mulligan to be shown on London Live
Jack Mulligan, the short crime film written by Andy Nolan of the Biblecode Sundays, is to be shown on London Live at 10pm Saturday...
Peaky Blinders and Fleabag influencing shoppers
Hit television shows such like Peaky Blinders, starring Cork’s Cillian Murphy, and Phoebe Waller-Bridge’s Fleabag have been heavily influencing what people are buying.
John Lewis...
Varadkar: Plan B is no deal, and we’re all preparing for that’
Taoiseach Leo Varadkar says that although Ireland would be open to an extension for the House of Commons to ratify the deal, there is...
Taoiseach: Deal protects NI and avoids hard border
Taoiseach Leo Varadkar says the Brexit deal reached this morning protects the people of Northern Ireland and avoids a hard border.
Speaking in Brussels after...