Returning emigrants face poverty, homelessness and isolation
By David Hennessy
Emigrants returning to Ireland are finding themselves vulnerable to poverty, homelessness, isolation, mental and physical health needs.
A new report from Crosscare Migrant...
Tribunal rules people born in Northern Ireland are automatically British
People born in Northern Ireland are British citizens under law, even if they identify as Irish, a UK tribunal ruled this week.
Derry woman Emma De Souza has, since 2017, been waging a legal...
Vote to make EPIC world’s leading tourist attraction
Ireland's emigration museum, EPIC, is looking to be proclaimed the world’s leading Tourist Attraction 2019 at the 26th annual World Travel Awards. Earlier this...
Is there finally light at the end of the Brexit tunnel?
Taoiseach Leo Varadkar hailed a “positive” private meeting with Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Thursday, saying a deal is “possible” by October 31.
In a...
A schoolboy hit: The rising Irish country star David Kiernan
Mags McGagh in Manchester spoke to rising Irish country star David Kiernan, from Ballinamuck, when he recently visited the self-styled ‘capital of the North’.
Where...
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...
Bridging geography, generations and musical styles at Hawk’s Well Theatre
Submersing yourself in a culture’s music and you will find the heart of any tradition writes Dr Trudy Prescott
If you want to understand a...
Family-owned London Irish firm demonstrates worth of apprenticeships
A family-owned London-Irish decorating firm that has long championed apprenticeships, K&M McLoughlin Decorating Ltd, last month launched its own K&M Awards to celebrate its...
Kerry man named as new boss of BP…and a Cork man named head of...
Kerry man Bernard Looney, 49, has been named as the new incoming boss of energy giant BP.
He will succeed Bob Dudley who has been...
PJ Cunningham: Ireland’s 2020 general election campaign begins…now
By PJ Cunningham
Something moved in Irish politics last week which could totally change the landscape for all parties in the Dáil.
By ending its Confidence...