Ireland’s homelessness rises to record high
House prices higher than Celtic Tiger peak
Almost 11,000 people have been recorded as homeless in Ireland, the highest figure ever recorded.
A total of 10,975...
Arabian nights
Award-winning playwright Áine Ní Riain told David Hennessy about bringing her play Paddy Goes to Petra to London.
An award-winning London-based Tipperary playwright is bringing...
Opening the conversation
David Hennessy was at Shout London, Ashford Place’s mental health and arts festival, which took place for the first time recently.
Ashford Place held...
She said, ‘Football is not for girls’
Rianna Jarrett has played in a World Cup and a European Championship final for at underage level, now she looks forward to Ireland being...
Returning to Liverpool
Liverpool Irish Festival returns for their 20th festival this week, with ten days of 40+ Irish arts and culture events celebrating the connections between Liverpool and Ireland...
Ending the silence
Jaki McCarrick told David Hennessy about her play Belfast Girls which tells the story of the Irish orphan girls that were shipped out of...
Breaking the silence
Author Caelainn Hogan spoke to David Hennessy before she comes to Liverpool Irish Festival to talk about her book Republic of Shame which looks...
Funeral of father and five-year-old daughter, Robert and Shauna Garwe, killed in Creeslough blast
Robert Garwe had taken his daughter Shauna to the shop to buy a birthday cake for her mother.
The final funeral for victims of the...
Creeslough blast victim Martina Martin had an ‘abundance of love’
Sixth funeral held since Friday’s fatal blast in Creeslough which killed ten people
A mother-of-four killed in the Creeslough service station tragedy had an “abundance...
Mother and son killed in Creeslough blast ‘were always side by side’
Mourners heard how Catherine O’Donnell was full of life and her 13-year-old son James was a fan of wrestling.
The mother and teenage son killed...