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SERVICES across Northern Ireland face serious disruption tomorrow as tens of thousands of public sector workers are due to go on a one-day strike over pay. Among them road gritters belonging to two unions are set to begin a week-long strike just as a cold snap sets in across the nation. Northern Ireland woke to a blanket of snow and ice this morning, which saw schools and roads … [Read more...] about ‘AVOID TRAVEL’ Gritters due to go on week-long strike as snow and ice hit Northern Ireland

AN OMAGH man who hacked the social media accounts of women located across the UK to access sexual photos has been jailed. Ryan Eastwood, of Coolnagard View in Omagh, was sentenced at Dungannon Crown Court yesterday for offences including harassment, sexual offences and computer misuse which took place between October 2019 and June 2022. The 30-year-old had previously pleaded … [Read more...] about Man jailed for hacking multiple women’s social media accounts to get sexual photos

A SINN FÉIN motion to recall the Northern Ireland Assembly this week has been successful. The party’s vice president Michelle O’Neill submitted the petition on January 12 to recall Stormont ahead of mass strike action which is due to take place in Northern Ireland on Thursday, January 18. Titled Public Sector Pay Settlements, the motion demands that public sector workers … [Read more...] about Sinn Féin petition recalling Northern Ireland Assembly is successful

PRESIDENT Michael D Higgins has unveiled a plaque honouring the link between the iconic Irish author James Joyce and a graveyard in Co. Galway. The tribute was officially revealed in Rahoon Cemetery to mark the connection of the grave of Michael ‘Sonny’ Bodkin with Joyce, his wife Nora Barnacle and his short story The Dead. Published in 1914 the tale was released within Joyce’s … [Read more...] about Plaque unveiled honouring connection between James Joyce’s The Dead and a Galway graveyard

THE Liverpool Irish Festival (LIF) has launched a contest to find a fitting song that will mark the legacy of the Irish Famine in the city. Songwriters are being asked to submit their ideas for a tune which will honour the lives lost or impacted by the period known as the Great Famine or An Gorta Mór. Between 1845-52 mass starvation and disease caused by the potato blight … [Read more...] about Contest launched to find new song commemorating lives lost to Irish Famine