Music and Entertainment Guide

Music and Entertainment Guide

Welcome to our regular music and entertainment guide, brought to you by Paddy McCarthy for your reading enjoyment What a great scoop for the promoters MCD in Dublin, Ireland and great news for Lionel Richie fans as the legendary singer...
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Nurses in The North Vote for Industrial Action

Nurses in The North Vote for Industrial Action

Nurses in Northern Ireland have voted to take strike action over pay and staffing levels. Members of the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) in the region have backed industrial action for the first time in the organisation’s 103-year history. The...
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Coveney: Catching Kevin Lunney Attackers is ‘High Priority’

Coveney: Catching Kevin Lunney Attackers is ‘High Priority’

Catching the criminals behind the intimidation of Quinn directors is a high priority at the top of the Government, Simon Coveney has insisted. Mr Coveney told the Dáil he was aware of concerns that investors in Quinn Industrial Holdings may...
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Greens Will Not Contest Belfast Seats to Help Remainers

Greens Will Not Contest Belfast Seats to Help Remainers

The Green Party NI has announced it will not stand in all four Belfast constituencies in the General Election to help other pro-Remain parties. The move by leader Clare Bailey is the latest in a series of electoral maneuvers by...
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IFA Announces Stoke City Make Official Approach for Michael O’Neill

IFA Announces Stoke City Make Official Approach for Michael O’Neill

Stoke have made an official approach for Northern Ireland manager Michael O’Neill, the Irish Football Association has announced. The Potters have been linked with a host of potential replacements since sacking Nathan Jones last week and have now contacted th...
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Out&About

Out&About

By Paddy McCarthy I am so excited that I was in the company of Sarah Street, actress from Cork City in Ireland. I met her with Brad Balfour, our Arts and Entertainment and Editor who was preparing for an interview...
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Kyle Walker Ends Game in Goal As City Draw with Atalanta

Kyle Walker Ends Game in Goal As City Draw with Atalanta

Manchester City will have to wait to secure their place in the last-16 of the Champions League after an eventful 1-1 draw with Atalanta. Raheem Sterling struck early for the Premier League champions in Milan but Gabriel Jesus missed a...
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Son Heung-Min Scores Brace To Bounce Back At Red Star Belgrade

Son Heung-Min Scores Brace To Bounce Back At Red Star Belgrade

Son Heung-min bounced back from his weekend devastation as he scored two goals in Tottenham’s impressive 4-0 Champions League win at Red Star Belgrade. Son was visibly distraught after his tackle led to a horrific injury to Everton’s Andre Gomes...
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Ireland ‘Gripped by an Epidemic of Gender-Based Violence’ Says Taoiseach

Ireland ‘Gripped by an Epidemic of Gender-Based Violence’ Says Taoiseach

The Taoiseach said his heart goes out to the parents of Ana Kriegel as he acknowledged Ireland is gripped by “an epidemic of gender-based violence”. Leo Varadkar was pressed in the Dáil on his Government’s record on supporting victims of...
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Varadkar: Direct Provision System is Imperfect But Not Inhumane

Varadkar: Direct Provision System is Imperfect But Not Inhumane

The Direct Provision system for asylum seekers is an imperfect system – but not inhumane, Leo Varadkar has said. The Taoiseach said more consultation needs to be carried out with communities following protests in Ballinamore in Co Leitrim and Achill...
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