From pop star to vicar
Reverend Richard Coles told David Hennessy about his live show that goes into detail on his unique life of having a number one record...
Coming home
Jaki McCarrick told David Hennessy about her play Belfast Girls which tells the story of the Irish orphan girls that were shipped out of...
Trinity College opens up Book of Kells
Visitors to Dublin can now experience Ireland’s greatest cultural treasure, the Book of Kells, like never before.
Visitors to Dublin can now see the Book...
Something in the water
4 stars
Review by David Hennessy
Alison Spittle’s Glacier begins with a heart broken and primal scream from Emma Lau’s Lucy before she throws her...
Folk band aid
Four well known trad bands on the scene- All Folk’d Up, The Whistlin’ Donkeys, Ruaile Buaile and The Tumbling Paddies- have teamed up for...
Going nuclear
Theatre director Claire O’Reilly told David Hennessy about her current show that ponders the issue of nuclear disarmament and the threat that such weapons...
An Gorta more
Well known singer- songwriter Declan O’Rourke told David Hennessy about his new book A Whisper from Oblivion, the second book in his famine trilogy,...
Tarrac comes to UK cinemas
The Irish World was there at the recent Irish Film Festival London when Tarrac, which we have previously covered, screened on the Friday with...
Guinness Storehouse beats Grand Canyon and Niagara Falls to be voted ‘world’s leading tourist...
The Guinness Storehouse in Dublin has been named as the world’s leading tourist attraction of 2023 at the World Travel Awards in Dubai.
It is...
Film festival packs a punch
By David Hennessy
Irish Film Festival London returned recently with a programme of feature films- including many London and UK premieres, Q and As, short...