Results fixing scandal rocks Irish dancing
Ireland’s largest Irish dancing organisation has admitted it has ordered an inquiry into allegations of results tampering and sexual favours involving judges and teachers.
Ireland’s...
Party in the Pairc
Thousands of visitors from Liverpool, London, Limerick, Derry and further afield gathered at Pairc Festival in the grounds of The New Irish Centre for...
The story of Bobby Sands told through contemporary dance
By David Hennessy
The hunger strike of Bobby Sands has inspired a display of contemporary dance that can be seen in London this week.
Comrades In...
25 years of Lord of the Dance
“I can't believe it,” Michael Flatley told The Irish World of celebrating 25 Years of Lord of the Dance.
It was 1996 that Flatley, having...
Dancing like everyone’s watching
By David Hennessy
A 20-year-old university student from America has answered the racists and accusations of cultural appropriation when she posted a clip of her...
Riverdance postpone 25th anniversary tour
Riverdance have had to postpone their 25th anniversary tour, announcing: "It is with great regret and heavy hearts that the producers of Riverdance have...
Irish Rambling House returns for its mission to ‘entertain the Exiles’
Irish Rambling House is back on its 19-year old self-styled mission to “entertain the Exiles”.
And it’s sticking to the same formula that its loyal...
Irish events in the UK this Autumn
Irish music, film. theatre, arts and charity events coming up this season
Arts & Culture
Nathan Carter plays the Gordon Craig Theatre, Stevenage on Tuesday 1...
Liverpool Feis cancelled due to poor ticket sales
Scores of ticket-holders for Feis Liverpool, the UK's largest Irish music festival, have expressed their disappointment after the event was suddenly cancelled due to...
The true, behind the scenes, story of Riverdance
In 1994, Riverdance took the world by storm.
It has since made Strabane-born producer John McColgan, and his wife Moya Doherty, from Donegal, multi-millionaires...