Irish Government provides €500,000 to support Lancashire GAA Centre of Excellence in Manchester

THE IRISH GOVERNMENT has provided a €500,000 grant via the Emigrant Support Programme to support a state-of-the-art GAA Centre of Excellence in Manchester. The facility at Broughton Park in Chorlton will help Lancashire GAA provide a focal point for Gaelic Games in northern Britain. The official opening of the centre took place as the site hosted the annual Northern Community … [Read more...] about Irish Government provides €500,000 to support Lancashire GAA Centre of Excellence in Manchester

POLICE have arrested two men in connection with an incident in Belfast that they are treating as a racially-motivated hate crime. Two people were reportedly injured and damage caused to a property and a vehicle in the Donegall Avenue area of south Belfast in the early hours of this morning. The incident comes at the end of a week of high tension across Northern Ireland, which … [Read more...] about Two arrested following racially-motivated hate crime in Belfast

SINN FÉIN has announced it will bring legislation to the Dáil seeking to remove the mandatory three-day wait for abortion in early pregnancy in Ireland. Last month, a Bill by the Social Democrats seeking the removal of the three-day waiting period was defeated in the Dáil. However, Sinn Féin believes its legislation will be successful, saying the waiting period should never … [Read more...] about Sinn Féin to bring legislation seeking to scrap three-day wait for abortion

A MAN has appeared in court charged with murder following the death of a man in Co. Leitrim this week. Bartosz Cylka, 36, appeared at Carrick-on-Shannon District Court on Saturday charged with the murder of Janis Balodis. The 41-year-old was found unresponsive at a residence in Arderry at around 9pm on Thursday. Mr Balodis was treated at the scene but was pronounced deceased a … [Read more...] about Murder charge following death of man in Co. Leitrim

THE FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION OF IRELAND (FAI) has been accused of taking the "cowards' way out" after moving its home Nations League game against Israel to a neutral venue where it will be played behind closed doors. The organisation Irish Sport for Palestine has spearheaded a campaign called Stop the Game, backed by the likes of former Ireland manager Brian Kerr, urging the FAI to … [Read more...] about FAI accused of taking “cowards’ way out” after confirming Ireland will host Israel at neutral venue