When Shivaun O’Casey first met Irish-born Nobel Literature Prize winner Samuel Beckett, she was a shy young girl of 16 studying acting in London. In the 32 years that have followed that meeting, she ...

Cohan’s father, Jerry Cohan, was widely known as one of the best traditional Irish dancers in all of New England. According to the Cohan biographer, John McCabe, Jerry Cohan’s specialty was working ...

There is a lovely story told about a day in the hospitable south of Ireland when a couple of American tourists rolled into the car-park of Lahinch golf club in a gleaming, rented limo. When they asked ...

As Larry Kirwan, the wiry lead guitarist and singer drags out this melodramatic emigration song, the eyes of the young Irish woman beside me mist over. She silently mouthes the words to herself as ...

POLICE have appealed for information after a man sustained head injuries following a serious assault in Co. down. It was reported that a man had been attacked by several males in the James Street area ...

A MAN has been left with facial injuries after a serious assault in Belfast. The incident happened in the New Lodge Road area of the city on June 21. “At around 9:20pm, it was reported to police that ...

The 1993 Forbes 400 list of the wealthiest Americans also carries a section on “Great Family Fortunes.” Unlike a similar list of the European great family fortunes, which would be top heavy with ...

Ireland’s President Mary Robinson continues to win international stature abroad and adulation at home. Niall O’Dowd examines the phenomenon of the most popular Irish figure of modern times. On her ...

ANDY ROGERS’ 80th birthday celebration in London is the red hot ticket of the week as the Sligo native marks his milestone in style at The Green Room of The Devonshire in Demark Street, London. A well ...

THE FAMILY of three brothers murdered by loyalist paramilitaries more than 50 years ago have received compensation and an apology from the PSNI. John Martin, 24, Brian, 22, and Anthony Reavey, 17, ...

IRISH band Fontaines D.C. have said they are ‘heartbroken’ following the death of their manager Trevor Dietz at the age 47. Dietz was a well-known figure in the Irish music scene as a booker and ...

A CAR suspected of being involved in several collisions in Derry over recent months has been found abandoned over the border following a pursuit in the city. The black Mercedes 300 collided with ...