A NEW initiative will see migrants who have arrived in Ireland being taught the Irish language in a bid to help them settle into their new home towns. Launched by Minister of State for the Gaeltacht, Thomas Byrne in Dublin this week, the Céad Míle Fáilte scheme will provide new arrivals with language classes and workshops to help them learn and use the language. Led by Conradh … [Read more...] about Migrants will be taught Irish language to help develop a ‘sense of identity’ in Ireland
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Appeal over key witness after Co. Down shooting leaves man in critical condition
POLICE investigating a shooting in Co. Down that left a man in a critical condition are trying to a trace a key witness who may be able to assist their investigation. On Friday, April 12, a man in his 40s was shot in the abdomen by a masked man in a carpark in the Rathfriland Road area of Banbridge. The man remains in hospital in a critical but stable condition, while three men … [Read more...] about Appeal over key witness after Co. Down shooting leaves man in critical condition
Police name teenage girl killed in Co. Tyrone collision
POLICE have named a teenage girl who was killed in a road traffic collision in Co. Tyrone as 17-year-old Kamile Vaicikonyte. The schoolgirl and a 19-year-old male named locally as Jamie Moore died at the scene of the single-vehicle collision in the Doogary Road area of Omagh at around 9.50pm on Tuesday. The collision occurred on a stretch of the A5 a day after Miss … [Read more...] about Police name teenage girl killed in Co. Tyrone collision
Experience of Irish nurses explored in documentary marking 75 years of NHS
A DOCUMENTARY exploring the experiences of Irish nurses who helped found and form Britain’s National Health Service (NHS) will get a special screening next month. Irish Nurses in the NHS is a one-day event devoted to telling the stories of the men and woman who left Ireland and became instrumental in forming one of the UK’s most emblematic institutions. It will take place at … [Read more...] about Experience of Irish nurses explored in documentary marking 75 years of NHS
Irish bar launches fundraising campaign to buy tuk-tuk for Indian orphanage
AN Irish bar has launched a campaign to raise money to buy a tuk-tuk for an orphanage in India. Founded in 2021 by Irish couple Lara and Kieran Boyle, Boyles' Bar in Sidcup, south-east London is a family-run boutique watering hole. Over the upcoming Bank Holiday weekend it will be hosting a special fundraising day in support of the City of Child Orphange in Pune, India, which … [Read more...] about Irish bar launches fundraising campaign to buy tuk-tuk for Indian orphanage