Irish language school named after woman whose family fought to have Gaelic inscription on headstone

A NEWLY launched Irish language school has been named after a woman whose family were forced to fight to inscribe her headstone in Gaelic. Coventry-based Irishwoman Margaret Keane died suddenly in 2018, aged 73. The Co. Meath native had moved to Coventry in her younger years and set deep roots in her local community with her husband Bernie, where they raised six children. In … [Read more...] about Irish language school named after woman whose family fought to have Gaelic inscription on headstone

GARDAÍ have appealed for members of the public who may have been in the area where a man was killed in Kildare to come forward. Officers have launched a murder investigation after the body of a man was discovered at house in Eustace Demesne in Naas at approximately 1.30pm on April 14. The victim has been named locally as 36-year-old Shane Knott. Gardaí are investigating Shane … [Read more...] about Public appeal as Gardaí investigates murder of Shane Knott

PRIME MINISTER Rishi Sunak has been slammed for refusing to apologise for the criminal activities of British agents who infiltrated the IRA during the Troubles. During Prime Minister’s Questions yesterday afternoon, Mr Sunak was asked if he would make a public apology to the victims of those agents. Last month an interim report from a lengthy investigation into the Troubles-era … [Read more...] about Prime Minister’s refusal to apologise for Troubles crimes committed by British agents ‘indefensible’

TWO men who were wrongfully convicted of a Co. Kerry murder in 1882 are set to receive a Presidential pardon from President Michael D Higgins. Justice Minister Helen McEntee has recommended that the President grant posthumous presidential pardons to both Sylvester Poff and James Barrett. The pair were convicted of the murder of Thomas Browne in October 1882 and both were hanged … [Read more...] about Two Irish men wrongfully convicted of murder in 1882 set to receive Presidential pardons

A NEW theatre production tackles the brutal reality of Ireland’s controversial mother and baby homes. The Ireland We Dreamed of uses dance, spoken word and aerial performance to tell the tale of the nation’s historical incarceration of its young women. Its title is taken from a quote by Éamon de Valera in 1947, where he stated: “The Ireland that we dreamed of would be the home … [Read more...] about Reality of life in Ireland’s ‘shameful’ Magdalene laundries exposed in new show