Elections in western democracies keep throwing up unexpected results. Continue reading
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Study Sydney: Life as an Irish Exchange Student in the Big City
The student experience in UNSW, Sydney was markedly different from that of Trinity. Continue reading
Honours for Australian Irish Dance Teachers
Two veterans of Irish Dance honoured in Australia Day list for a lifetime of teaching. Continue reading
Elizabeth Sharkey, Domestic Abuse Refuser
The seventh in Tinteán‘s Famine Orphan Girls Series by a descendant, Chrissy Fletcher. Elizabeth Sharkey is my grandmother’s grandmother, through an all-female line. I like to imagine this line as a fine gold thread coming from my heart and connecting me from mother to mother, spanning the oceans and the centuries back to a … Continue reading
Gaeilge – Grá mo Chroí
I find myself on the road again, here in Australia, and speaking Irish daily once more. Continue reading
three poems by Colin Ryan
Irish Language poems by Colin Ryan Continue reading
From the Papers
Where Numbers Tell a Story Sinn Fein fielded 42 candidates; 37 were successful. Dublin West: Paul Donnelly (SF) 12,456, Taoiseach Leo Varadkar 8,478 Dublin north west: Dessie Ellis (SF) 14,375. Next was Roisin Shortall 6,124 Dublin Central: Mary Lou McDonald (SF) 11,223; Pascal Donohoe (FG) 4,181 Dublin Bay North: Denise Mitchell (SF) 21,344. Richard Bruton, … Continue reading
Magistrate Fiona Hayes’ talk for Brigidfest 2020, ‘Brigid, the Law and Responding to Women’s Rights in Today’s World’
Magistrate Fiona Hayes drew comparisons between laws and court practices in Victoria and Ireland with regard to family violence. Continue reading
A Runaway Juggler, a Missing Boy and a Mother and Cleric in Crisis
A new musical play by Felix Meagher Continue reading
The Musical Life
A book book devoted to Phil Coulter’s musical career Continue reading
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