Out & About
I have the sad news to report that we have lost another of our best known bar and restaurant owners over the weekend in Larry King, who also was a popular member of the late United Restaurant and Tavern Owners...
CraicFest Drops The Gloves Opening Night!
Rivalry City the hockey documentary based on the on ice feud between the FDNY v NYPD hockey teams in New York City will open the 20th Craic Fest – a two-week festival that runs from March 3 to March 10....
Demand for iPhone Lifts Carphone’s Irish Sales
Demand for the new iPhone helped boost electrical goods retailer Dixons-Carphone’s sales in Ireland by 12% over the Christmas trading period. The company — which owns the Currys, PC World and Carphone Warehouse chains — said the 10-week trading period...
Negotiations Resume to Restore Powersharing in The North
Last-ditch negotiations to save powersharing in Northern Ireland began at Stormont on Wednesday. More than a year since the institutions imploded, and with financial pressures mounting on the North’s rudderless public services, the UK Government has charac...
Police Raid French Rugby Federation Headquarters
Police carried out raids at the French rugby federation headquarters on Tuesday amid an investigation into an alleged conflict of interest involving federation president Bernard Laporte. A person with direct knowledge of the investigation told The Associated P...
Irish Airbnb Hosts Earn Over €115m in 2017
Over €115m was earned by Airbnb hosts in Ireland last year. The rental website says the number of guests grew by 63% to 1.2 million between November 2016 and November 2017. The area with the highest number of properties on...
Dissident Republican Group Oglaigh Na hEireann Announces Ceasefire
A dissident republican group behind dozens of gun and bomb attacks on security forces in Northern Ireland has declared a ceasefire. Oglaigh na hEireann (ONH), which at one point tried to blow up the Co Down-based headquarters of MI5, has...
Swansea Stun High Flying Reds
Swansea produced one of the shock results of the season as Virgil van Dijk’s Premier League debut for Liverpool turned into a nightmare. Alfie Mawson struck the 40th-minute winner for bottom club Swansea, pouncing on a poor Van Dijk clearance...
Just 16% of Small and Medium Businesses Have Brexit Plan
Just 16% of small and medium sized businesses have a plan for Brexit. That is according to a survey by the Department of Business and Enterprise which suggests three quarters of SMEs will be hit by the UK’s exit from...
Tottenham Stumble with Draw Against The Saints
Tottenham missed the chance to move into the Premier League’s top four as Southampton delivered a battling 1-1 draw for their under-pressure boss Mauricio Pellegrino. Harry Kane scored his 99th league goal after Davinson Sanchez had given Southampton a surpr...