Irish art up for sale as Salvage Hunters’ Drew Pritchard brings private collection to auction

SALVAGE HUNTERS star Drew Pritchard is putting a selection of antiques from his own private collection up for auction next week. The sale at Dreweatts on March 5 and 6, marks the first thirty years of the antiques experts' career. It includes items he collected over those three decades, and “everything has been chosen for its quality, individuality, and rarity,” a Dreweatts … [Read more...] about Irish art up for sale as Salvage Hunters’ Drew Pritchard brings private collection to auction

IRISH prisoners will be taught how to retrofit homes before they are released back into society. A new pilot scheme will see inmates undertake a training programme designed to give them skills to gain employment when they leave prison. The initiative went live in Midlands Prison, a medium security facility for adult males, in Co. Laois yesterday (February 26). There inmates who … [Read more...] about Irish prison inmates will be taught how to retrofit homes before release

THE Irish ‘understand what it means to be a migrant’ a government representative said as 1200 new Irish citizens were welcomed in Dublin. Two Irish citizenship ceremonies took place at the National Concert Hall, where applicants from 105 countries around the world - and living in 31 counties on the island of Ireland - were conferred as Irish citizens. “Citizenship ceremonies … [Read more...] about ‘We understand what it means to be a migrant’: 1200 new Irish citizens conferred at Dublin ceremonies

AN ‘unacceptable’ attack on a young man in Co. Armagh is being treated as a disability hate crime, police have confirmed. The man was left with serious facial injuries after being assaulted by a group of six teenage boys. The incident happened in the High Street Mall area of Portadown at around 5.20pm on Saturday, February 24. "It was reported that at around 5.20pm, a young man … [Read more...] about Vulnerable teen targeted by gang in disability hate crime attack