Stormont’s new Nationalist First Minister installed. Continue reading
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SIX NATIONS 2024: IRELAND OFF TO A FLYER
The Men’s Six Nations 2024: A tipper’s nightmare, a rugby lover’s delight. Continue reading
Prospects for a United Ireland
The Good Friday Agreement stipulates that the Northern Ireland Secretary should only call for a plebiscite on Irish unity when it would likely succeed…. Continue reading
Three Cork-born Explorers of Antarctica
Three Corkmen who were early explorers in Antarctica. Continue reading
Vale, Geraldine Ryan Irish Dance Teacher extraordinaire
Every Irish dancer in Australia owes a debt to the indomitable teacher, Geraldine Ryan Continue reading
REMEMBERING THE IRISH FAMINE ORPHAN GIRLS
The 2023 Irish Famine Orphan Girls Commemoration event in Melbourne celebrated a dualanniversary this year – 175 years since the first Earl Grey Scheme ship arrived with Irishorphan girls in 1848, and 25 years since the Famine Rock standing stone memorial to thevictims of the Great Hunger was erected in Williamstown. Mr Daniel Lowe, Deputy … Continue reading
The Dublin Riot – Ireland’s wake-up call
What was once an ethnically homogeneous country has turned into a multicultural society in the space of less than 30 years Continue reading
A Book Review: Cnámha Scoilte Split Bones Julie Breathnach-Banwait
Prose poetry offers freedom from structure, from line markings, while retaining rhythm, imagery and emotional layering. Bilingual prose poetry reveals yet another dimension: word choice that can challenge and provoke. That can make you question your assumptions as you read and reread. Continue reading
Four new Irish novels
Four new Irish novels, two with connections with Australia Continue reading
What’s on February 24 and beyond
Films, Races, St Pat’s Celebrations, Celtic Connections, A Book Launch & Genealogy Continue reading
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