A YOUNG man has been arrested in connection with a fatal hit and run which killed a pedestrian. The man, aged in his late teens, was arrested by Gardaí as part of their investigation into a road traffic collision on the coast road in Baldoyle, Dublin 13 in the early hours of July 17, 2024. A garda forensic tent at the site of aof the collision in Dublin in July Pedestrian … [Read more...] about Teenager arrested over fatal hit and run which killed pedestrian
Teenager arrested over fatal hit and run which killed pedestrian
‘The pride of our nation’: Taoiseach’s praise for Ireland’s Paralympians
TAOISEACH Simon Harris has thanked the “amazing” athletes who represented Ireland at the Paris 2024 Paralympics . Team Ireland produced many stunning performances over the course of the competition, which ended with a spectacular closing ceremony held at the Stade de France in Saint-Denis on Sunday, September 8. Ellen Keane and Michael Murphy carried the flag for Team Ireland … [Read more...] about ‘The pride of our nation’: Taoiseach’s praise for Ireland’s Paralympians
Taxi driver sentenced for sexually assaulting teenager in his cab
A TAXI driver who sexually assaulted a teenage girl in his cab has been sentenced. Paul Bryan, of Newtowncunningham in County Donegal, was sentenced at Derry Crown Court after pleading guilty to sexual assault by penetration and sexual assault of an 18-year-old woman. The court heard that the 63-year-old targeted the young woman, who had been separated from her friends on a … [Read more...] about Taxi driver sentenced for sexually assaulting teenager in his cab
Diary of an Irish Farmer
By Darina Molloy
September/October 1998
"Imagine co-authoring a book with someone who's been dead for 130 years," laughs Ipswich, Massachusetts native Marjorie Harshaw Robie. "Well, that's exactly what I'm doing and I'm enjoying every minute of it." Robie's co-author, whose work she is revising and collating in the hope of finding a publisher, is County Down farmer James Harshaw, who died in 1867. Long before Anne … [Read more...] about Diary of an Irish Farmer
Hanna Sheehy Skeffington and America
By Margaret Ward
September/October 1998
Her experience of Irish America was an important one. A supportive community listened to her, appreciated her courage, and enabled her to return home with renewed determination to play her part in winning freedom for her country. Hanna Sheehy Skeffington, founder of the Irish Women's Franchise League, was a leading figure in Irish feminist circles. By 1914 she had twice been … [Read more...] about Hanna Sheehy Skeffington and America