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In the June 15 Irish World

  £1 in every £4 of UK taxpayers’ rescue of RBS went to saving Ireland’s third biggest lender, Ulster Bank Warwickshire’s hurlers are the toast of the GAA in Britain following their comprehensive defeat of Longford [...]

In the June 8 Irish World

Professor Peter Anderson of Newcastle University says Irish people drink far in excess of the safe levels to avoid cancers. Fiona Shaw talks about her long career which includes My Left Foot, the Harry Potter films, [...]

Gleeson and Fitzgerald lead London Bloomsday celebrations

By David Hennessy Actors Brian Gleeson and Orla Fitzgerald will be at London Irish Centre on June 16 for the London leg of the Global Bloomsday Gathering, a live online global reading of James Joyce’s Ulysses. Some [...]

In the Irish World of June 1

  London’s footballers bring joy to fans at Ruislip as they end their 36-year wait to get through the Championship final stages as they defeat Sligo by the narrowest of margins The numbers of Irish people [...]

Camden’s Big Night

By David Hennessy London Irish Centre, Camden was the venue for a night of entertainment in the name of two good causes last Thursday May 23. Supported by the Amy Winehouse Foundation and headlined by Mitch [...]

In the May 25 Irish World

Ireland has jobs aplenty but not enough of the right applicants, according to industrial development agencies. Multi-national employers such as Google, eBay, Facebook, Paypal, LinkedIn are recruiting extensively but struggle to find local jobseekers with the [...]

In the May 18 Irish World

  A major report by National Youth Council of Ireland, based on interviews with Irish emigrants to the UK and Canada, says so many families are now affected by emigration – more than 300,000 people left [...]

Liverpool Rose crowned

By Martin Mannering and David Hennessy Westmeath born Lisa O’Halloran was crowned as the Liverpool Rose at St. Michael’s Irish Centre on Saturday May 4. Lisa told The Irish World of her delight: “It’s been absolutely [...]

Irish World 11 May – London Needs You

It's not just about London - the planned new stadium can showcase the best of Irish to friends, neighbours - and even critics - in the UK. So when we say London Needs You we hope [...]

In the May 4 Irish World

Ealing Council ask the Irish government to help with their plans for a new arts centre, held up by Irish receivers’ reluctance to sell London law firms seeking to represent survivors of the Magdalene Laundries after [...]