Musical Honoring The Life And Work Of John Hume Gets Arts Council Grant
July 5, 2022 No Responses

Musical Honoring The Life And Work Of John Hume Gets Arts Council Grant

A new musical drama about the life and work of Nobel laureate John Hume has been awarded £50,000 by the Arts Council of Northern Ireland. It is one of 66 grants worth more than £2 million awarded by the Arts...
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Government To Try To Tackle Cost-Of-Living Crisis In New Budget
July 4, 2022 No Responses

Government To Try To Tackle Cost-Of-Living Crisis In New Budget

Taoiseach Micheál Martin has said the Government will take measures as part of the budget package to alleviate pressures on people suffering from the cost-of-living crisis. The Government will publish its Summer Economic Statement later today, which will set ...
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Five Hundred Modular Homes To Be Built To Accommodate Ukrainian Refugees
June 29, 2022 No Responses

Five Hundred Modular Homes To Be Built To Accommodate Ukrainian Refugees

Five hundred modular homes are to be installed in around 20 sites across Ireland to help efforts to house Ukrainian refugees. The two-bedroom units provided under a €100 million Government pilot initiative will be able to accommodate 2,000 people. It...
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Inquest Into Deaths Of Four Men Shot By SAS In 1992 To Be Held Next Spring
June 29, 2022 No Responses

Inquest Into Deaths Of Four Men Shot By SAS In 1992 To Be Held Next Spring

An inquest into the deaths of four IRA men shot in an SAS ambush is set to take place next spring, a coroner has said. Mr Justice Michael Humphreys said he anticipates the inquest into the 1992 killings in Clonoe,...
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Gardaí Urged To Release Files On Dublin/Monaghan Bombings
June 26, 2022 No Responses

Gardaí Urged To Release Files On Dublin/Monaghan Bombings

A man who survived a bomb attack in Dublin as a young child has pressed gardaí to release files relating to their investigation. Edward O’Neill was just five years old when the blast on Parnell Street, part of the Dublin/Monaghan...
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Protests Against Rising Cost Of Living To Be Held At Stormont
June 25, 2022 No Responses

Protests Against Rising Cost Of Living To Be Held At Stormont

A cost-of-living protest is due to take place at Stormont over “spiraling costs” in Northern Ireland, with a union umbrella group predicting an increase in pay claims being lodged over the coming weeks. The Northern Ireland Committee of the Irish...
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British Labour Party Better Able To Deal With Protocol Issues Says Lammy
June 24, 2022 No Responses

British Labour Party Better Able To Deal With Protocol Issues Says Lammy

Labour’s experience negotiating the Good Friday Agreement means it will be able to secure a better solution to the Northern Ireland Protocol row, David Lammy has said. The UK shadow foreign secretary told an event hosted by the UK In...
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Taoiseach: Granting EU Candidate Status Shows Solidarity With Ukrainian People
June 23, 2022 No Responses

Taoiseach: Granting EU Candidate Status Shows Solidarity With Ukrainian People

Europe is sending a message of solidarity to Ukraine by granting the country EU candidate status, Taoiseach Micheál Martin has said. He was speaking in Brussels at what he described as a “very significant” and “historic” two-day meeting of the...
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Thirty-Fifth Victim Of The Dublin/Monaghan Bombings Added To Memorial
June 22, 2022 No Responses

Thirty-Fifth Victim Of The Dublin/Monaghan Bombings Added To Memorial

The 35th victim of the Dublin/Monaghan bombings has been acknowledged on the official memorial in Dublin. Martha O’Neill, whose husband Edward was killed in one of the blasts in Dublin and whose two sons were also injured, lost her unborn...
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O’Neill: UK Government’s Plans To Ditch NI Protocol ‘Sounded Alarm Bells’ In EU And USA
June 20, 2022 No Responses

O’Neill: UK Government’s Plans To Ditch NI Protocol ‘Sounded Alarm Bells’ In EU And USA

Michelle O’Neill has warned that the British government’s plan to enact legislation to scrap the Northern Ireland Protocol will have “colossal political and economic consequences”. The Sinn Féin Stormont leader said Boris Johnson’s plan to override ...
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