‘Carlichauns’ – a new Irish kids’ entertainment brand

THE former Irish Ambassador in London and Washington, Dan Mulhall, is backing a new children’s entertainment venture rooted in Irish folklore, the Carlichauns, 21st century leprechauns that hail from Carlingford in County Louth. The Carlichauns team has been boosted afterbeing joined by kids’ animation hitmaker Keith Chapman, creator of mega series Bob the Builder and Paw … [Read more...] about ‘Carlichauns’ – a new Irish kids’ entertainment brand

THE tech entrepreneur Mike Lynch(59) has been confirmed dead. The Bayesian, the 56m (183ft) yacht on which he was celebrating a recent court victory, sank in bad weather. Five bodies of those missing have been brought to the surface. One person is still missing. Italian authorities confirmed that Mike Lynch (59) is one of the bodies retrieved. His daughter Hannah is still … [Read more...] about Dr Mike Lynch confirmed dead —five bodies retrieved

NELL McCAFFERTY, journalist, author, women’s rights activist, feminist and civil rights campaigner, has died at the age of 80. She passed away at a Donegal nursing home after a long illness. McCafferty was born in 1944 in Derry's Bogside, one of six children. After school, she graduated from Queen's University in Belfast, working as an English teacher, briefly, in Belfast … [Read more...] about Nell McCafferty, campaigning journalist and activist, dies at 80

A FAR-RIGHT Slovak politician sparked outrage locally after he disrupted a performance of Dublin playwright Elaine Murphy's play Little Gem. The incident, which happened at a village in northern Slovakia, was interrupted  because of its ‘perverted contents’, according to  the politician. Štefan Kuffa, Slovakia’s secretary of state for the environment, temporarily disrupted an … [Read more...] about Slovak politician stops ‘perverted’ Irish play