Ireland, Scotland commence World Cup preparatory tours to Australia
Ireland and Scotland have touched down in Australia for a five-week tour that will see them gain vital match experience across Australia and New Zealand as they count down to the ICC Cricket World Cup 2015, which will be played between 14 February and 29 ...
Down demolish Fermanagh to claim All-Ireland intermediate crown
MARK COPELAND’S DOWN demolished Fermanagh by 21 points in Sunday’s TG4 All-Ireland Ladies intermediate football final at Croke Park. Down beat the Erne County for the fourth time this season to claim a first All-Ireland crown since their junior success ...
All-Ireland Intermediate Ladies Final: Down rout Fermanagh
Down ladies footballers routed Fermanagh 6-16 to 1-10 in the All-Ireland Intermediate Final. The Mourne women took control after a ninth-minute goal by Aileen Pyres. Lauren Cunningham's goal increased Down's lead to 2-6 to 0-2 and a Lisa Morgan penalty ...
Who won the war in Northern Ireland? The British, so says a new BBC documentary
A NEW DOCUMENTARY will be broadcast on BBC One tomorrow night looking at the question of Who Won the War in Northern Ireland. It’s being presented by Peter Taylor who reported on the conflict for over forty years. He concludes that the conflict was won ...
Exclusive: Denis O'Brien on Tony O'Reilly, Hillary, Ireland, and making a difference
Ireland produces its fair share of global business leaders but none quite like 56-year-old Denis O’Brien, the wealthiest Irishman around. The Digicel chairman and native Dubliner sits comfortably in the current Forbes 400 list around the $5 billion mark ...
NYFF review: An incendiary Northern Ireland in "'71"
It is 1971, and you are a rookie British soldier trying to keep the peace in Northern Ireland, as a bulwark between the restive Catholic and Protestant enclaves of Belfast. You are alone, separated from your unit, and without your weapon. This is not where ...
Ireland is just now getting around to introducing postal codes
Ireland is rare in the industrialized world in that it doesn’t have postal codes—at all. In the countryside, some places don’t have street names or house numbers even. But the country is moving from one of the world’s most opaque postal systems to ...
Library Speaker Series: Monsignor Ciaran O'Carroll - The Irish College Rome
An Irish College was established in Rome in 1628 with the aim of preparing priests for the Irish mission. As part of an elaborate network of such colleges across the continent this college was always more than a seminary. It served as focus for Irish Catholic interests in Rome through the centuries. ...
RDS Rising Stars Gala Concert
The RDS Rising Stars will return in November for a Gala Evening featuring four outstanding young musicians from Ireland's music colleges with special guest and former RDS Music Bursary Winner, Máire Carroll (Piano). The next Concert takes place at 7.30pm on Tuesday 18 November 2014 in the RDS Concer ...
Dublin Book Festival - Library Speaker Series - Micheal O'Siadhail Poetry Reading
RDS Member Micheal O’Siadhail is one of Ireland’s most popular poets, whose Collected Poems were published by Bloodaxe last year to great critical claim. Micheal has been writing poetry for over forty years and has produced thirteen collections of poetry and a range of other works. He has seen his w ...
Into The West
WESTEXPO - it's about people! What makes the West of Ireland so special is it's people - it's artists, entrepreneurs, educators, foodies, musicians, fashionistas - you name it, all imbued with a sense of spirit as powerful as the Wild Atlantic itself. WestExpo will bring the magic of the West of Ire ...
