EARLIER this month Jess Barry, known as "The Celtic Banshee", fought Linzi Buczynskyj for the Commonwealth Silver Featherweight Title at the Premier Suite in Cannock. The fight took place at the Excelsior Sporting Club's St Patrick's Dinner Show. Victory for Jess Barry in Cannock (Pics: Chris Egan) Barry won the fight and retained her English Title. The event also included a … [Read more...] about Barry ‘the Celtic Banshee’ triumphs in Cannock
Barry ‘the Celtic Banshee’ triumphs in Cannock
Ireland’s Groovy Arts Minister
By Colin Lacey
January/February 1996
Colin Lacey talks to Michael D. Higgins (recently dubbed by British Vogue as the world's grooviest arts minister) about the renaissance of the Irish film industry. The Crying Game: My Left Foot; Braveheart; The Playboys; The Commitments; The Snapper; Circle of Friends; Window's Peak; The Run of the Country; Into the West; Frankie Starlight - if you haven't been closely … [Read more...] about Ireland’s Groovy Arts Minister
The Irish and Abolition
By Robin Bardovick
January/February 1996
Observations of African-American and Irish Abolitionists During his career, O'Connell was elected Mayor of Dublin and a member of the British Parliament. However, he was refused his seat in the House of Commons because the law prohibited Catholics from serving in government. The British finally passed the Catholic Emancipation Act in 1829, thereby seating him in Parliament in … [Read more...] about The Irish and Abolition
Montreal’s Black Stone Monument
By Don Pidgeon
January/February 1996
In 1997, Irish people around the world will remember the 150th anniversary of the Famine that resulted in one million deaths and forced one million and a half to emigrate to Canada and the United States. The deplorable conditions these immigrants endured aboard ship resulted in a typhus epidemic that decimated many en route to a new a life in North America. The island of … [Read more...] about Montreal’s Black Stone Monument
Some Irish flights to Heathrow re-routed amidst travel chaos
PASSENGERS who were scheduled to travel from Irish airport destinations to London Heathrow may have their flights re-routed, following a fire and a power outage at the UK’s biggest airport. It is understood that the disruption was caused after a fire broke out at an electrical substation near Heathrow, resulting in an almost total power outage across the five terminals of the … [Read more...] about Some Irish flights to Heathrow re-routed amidst travel chaos