POLICE are investigating after shots were fired at a home in Derry. It was reported that a motorbike had pulled up outside a residential property in Shantallow Avenue and fired multiple gun shots before leaving the area. The incident is believed to have occurred between 11.30pm on Friday, May 9 and 12.30am on Saturday, May 10. The occupant of the property was not … [Read more...] about Investigation after shots fired at Derry home
Investigation after shots fired at Derry home
Teenager dies after getting into difficulty swimming off coast in Co. Donegal
A TEENAGER has died after getting into difficulty while swimming off the coast in Co. Donegal on Saturday. Emergency services responded to reports that three teenagers, aged between 16 and 19, had gotten into difficulty while swimming in Lough Swilly off Buncrana. One teen managed to swim ashore while a second was rescued from the water before being taken to Letterkenny General … [Read more...] about Teenager dies after getting into difficulty swimming off coast in Co. Donegal
Sons & Mothers
By Jim Dwyer
May/June 1996
It's been 15 years since the Hunger Strikes in Ireland left ten men dead and changed the course of Northern Irish politics. Now a new movie gives voice to the suffering of the mothers whose sons died on hunger strike. Jim Dwyer talks to filmmaker Terry George about his latest work, Some Mother's Son. It's been 15 years since the Hunger Strikes in Ireland left ten men dead … [Read more...] about Sons & Mothers
Roots: The O’Sullivans Past & Present
By James G. Ryan
May/June 1996
The O'Sullivan Clan of Munster has produced fine military leaders, sporting heroes, politicians, movie stars, songwriters, and even a space walker, as the following history of one of the most popular Irish names illustrates. The O'Sullivans or Sullivans are one of the most populous of the Munster families. In Irish O'Sullivan is O'Súileabháin. And there is no doubt that … [Read more...] about Roots: The O’Sullivans Past & Present
Renewing the Spirit
The sound of bagpipes in the distance drifts in through the open window of the yellow cab as I head down Broadway to New York University. It's the first real spring day after a long winter and the bagpipes seem to herald the return of warmer weather, and the renewal of the spirit that spring brings. How does one express the effect that that ancient sound has when it reaches … [Read more...] about Renewing the Spirit