FORMER Dancing With The Stars pro Emily Barker has opened up on her whirlwind move to a remote Irish island that “didn’t quite go to plan”. The professional dancer, 28, relocated from the UK to an island off the coast of Ireland back in January with her partner Olly Ashton and their dogs. 3 Emily … Read more
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Seamus Heaney’s collection North turns 50 next month, but does it still have relevance for today’s readers and critics? In advance of a major conference to mark the milestone at Queen‘s University Belfast, Stephen O’Neill reassesses the controversial anthology Looking back on his career with Dennis O’Driscoll in Stepping Stones (2008), Seamus Heaney claimed that … Read more
A 21-year-old from Northern Ireland, who died after suffering cardiac arrest following a night out in Dublin, was found to have an “extremely high” blood-alcohol level after “chugging” from a bottle of vodka, an inquest has heard. Ryan Roberts had been working in construction in Dublin, travelling back and forth from his family home in … Read more
Expat in Australia says mining has become a ‘life-changing option’ for young Irish women Caithlín Hughes says she never wanted to leave Ireland but is earning much more in Australia When Caithlín Hughes shared a TikTok video of her working day aboard a dump truck, she was flooded with messages from young people keen to … Read more
DERRY is ‘embracing peace’ as it becomes a tourism hotspot, the tour guide told me when I recently visited. Gone are the days when the city was associated with the violence of the Troubles, thanks to a Channel 4 comedy about girls growing up there, and investment in the city. 15 Derry has become a … Read more
Stormont minister Gordon Lyons has portrayed his attendance at his first senior GAA game as evidence of his commitment to promoting all sports in Northern Ireland. The DUP Sports Minister was welcomed to the Athletic Grounds in Armagh on Saturday afternoon for the gaelic football match between All-Ireland champions Armagh and Derry. Mr Lyons did … Read more
When Katie McGarry was six years old she begged her mother not to send her to school. It was 2021, Covid lockdowns had ended and Katie was among 5,000 children placed on a waiting list for an autism assessment in Northern Ireland. Each morning was an ordeal. “It was horrendous,” recalls her mother Briege McGarry. … Read more
A POPULAR Irish leisure complex was evacuated today after a “suspicious object” was found on the premises. The Dundonald Ice Bowl in Co Down was evacuated earlier this afternoon after a “suspicious” package was opened on the premises. Emergency services, including the PSNI, Northern Ireland Fire and Rescue Service and Northern Ireland Ambulance Service, attended … Read more
Police said that entering the venue Kneecap were to play a surprise performance in London was part of a policing plan around safety. Three police officers were seen walking into the venue around 7.35pm past a queue forming before the doors opened and were later posted outside. The Metropolitan Police said a “policing plan” was … Read more