New Legislation On The Right To Access Personal Information To Be Introduced In Wake Of Mother And Baby Homes Report

New Legislation On The Right To Access Personal Information To Be Introduced In Wake Of Mother And Baby Homes Report

The Government will bring forward new legislation on the right to access personal information following the publication of a report on the country’s mother and baby homes, the Minister for Children has said. Speaking on RTE Radio 1’s Morning Ireland...
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England Prop Kyle Sinckler Out Of Six Nations Opener With Two-Week Ban

England Prop Kyle Sinckler Out Of Six Nations Opener With Two-Week Ban

Kyle Sinckler will miss England’s opening Guinness Six Nations match against Scotland after receiving a two-week ban for failing to respect the authority of a referee. Sinckler appeared before an online independent disciplinary panel after being cited for th...
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Taoiseach To Make State Apology To Survivors Of Mothers And Baby Homes

Taoiseach To Make State Apology To Survivors Of Mothers And Baby Homes

The Taoiseach will apologize to survivors of homes for unmarried mothers and their children later today. The institutions for those who became pregnant out of wedlock produced high levels of infant mortality, misogyny and stigmatization of some of society’s ...
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Director Rory Duffy Explores The Intersection of Brexit and Belfast And Beyond in Making The Doc A Fragile Peace

Director Rory Duffy Explores The Intersection of Brexit and Belfast And Beyond in Making The Doc A Fragile Peace

Interview by Brad Balfour In 1998, the Good Friday Agreement was signed, putting an end to the 30-year conflict known as The Troubles, ushering in a springtime of peace. This peace is now threatened by the specter of Brexit. Brexit...
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IBO President John Lee Offers A New York Perspective on the Global Irish Nation

IBO President John Lee Offers A New York Perspective on the Global Irish Nation

Interview by Mike Greenly Founded in 1973, The Irish Business Organization of New York was at its inception an organization named The Irish Insurance and Reinsurance Society. The name reflected that its founding members were insurance professionals. As early a...
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Mother And Baby Home Survivors Express Dismay In Commission’s Report

Mother And Baby Home Survivors Express Dismay In Commission’s Report

Survivors and their families have reacted with shock and dismay at the report into Ireland’s mother and baby homes. The Commission of Investigation into Ireland’s mother and baby homes, where unmarried mothers and pregnant women were sent from the 1920s...
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Supermarkets Call For Government Intervention To Prevent Disruption To Food Supplies In The North

Supermarkets Call For Government Intervention To Prevent Disruption To Food Supplies In The North

The UK’s supermarkets have told Government urgent intervention is needed to prevent more disruption to Northern Ireland’s food supplies. Chief executives of Tesco, Sainsbury’s, Asda, Iceland, Co-Op and Marks & Spencer have written to Britain’s...
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Manchester United Go Top Of The League After Win At Burnley

Manchester United Go Top Of The League After Win At Burnley

Paul Pogba fired Manchester United to the top of the Premier League as Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s men ground out an important victory at Burnley. The Red Devils had won their previous four visits to Turf Moor and knew a positive...
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Toffees Back In Champions League Spot With Victory Over Wolves

Toffees Back In Champions League Spot With Victory Over Wolves

Michael Keane maintained in-form Everton’s Champions League challenge after a 2-1 win at Wolves. The defender’s second-half header lifted the Toffees back into the Premier League’s top four. Ruben Neves cancelled out Alex Iwobi’s first league goal for ...
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Lockdown In The North Likely To Last Well Into February

Lockdown In The North Likely To Last Well Into February

The latest pandemic lockdown in Northern Ireland is likely to last beyond February 6th, the region’s chief medical officer has said. The Stormont Executive introduced tough restrictions and a stay at home message amid the third wave of Covid-19 infections......
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