So, Aislings 1 & 2 are well on their way to being Latvian. They’re loving it. And so are we. ‘We’ are the series creators, yours truly and Brigita, the team behind I’m Irish, Get Me Out Of Here. And we’re happy because we have
Chinese tennis sensation Li Na has made remarkable strides in her career over the past two years, culminating with her first Grand Slam title at the French Open recently - defeating defending champion Francesca Schiavone in straight sets, 6-4 7-6.
Thousands of people turned out in Lagos last week to honour one of Africa’s greatest soccer players in his international testimonial.
Ireland’s involvement in Africa has received a boost after separate visits to the continent by Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade Eamon Gilmore and Minister of State for Trade and Development Jan O’Sullivan – both of
A pro-animal cruelty organisation has been nominated for an Irish public relations industry award. This is for their recent campaign to convince the Irish political class that hunting farmed deer is part of our Irish rural tradition, and that causing disruption
Judge Seamus Hughes, presiding over recent sittings at Mullingar District Court, has used colourful language in threatening defendants who have appeared before him, one of whom he recently referred to as having “something about him I don’t like”.
The visit of US President Barack Obama was very inspiring to many people - Irish and non-Irish, black and white alike. I was there at College Green for the speech, and everyone there was very excited to see the man himself and his wife Michele. From the young
Like everyone else, I was appalled by the revelations on RTE’s Prime Time Invest-igates on 30 May about the impact of Government cuts on disabled people and their carers - so appalled that I felt unable to watch the whole programme.
Recently we’d been monitoring the Facebook fanpage of a New York Times journalist named Nicholas Kristof, and one of his opinion pieces caught our eye: he was writing about whether Islam is a problem. The baiting nature of that headline is worrying enough,
By virtue of being Ireland’s capital, Dublin is a cosmopolitan city by nature. Its strong history en-twined with the United Kingdom is just one explanation for the multicultural aspect of the city – and it’s one that can be seen everywhere.
Change comes easier to the young – or so they say. Young immigrants in Ireland may come from countries where the Irish way of living might not exactly be considered acceptable, but that doesn’t mean that joining in with the Irish style of life is