... in Dublin and massive celebrations are set to occur in Ireland as this marked the defining moment in Ireland's struggles for independence. Events here: ... may well have inspired this man to take up the cause for Ireland. We now see a free Ireland of 26 Counties with six still ...
Mair Williams - Jan 20 2016 - 6:42pm - 0 comments
... McIntyre's blog The Gaelic League (Conradh na Gaelige) is the main voluntary community organisation that promotes the Irish language in Ireland and abroad. The League’s primary objective is the reinstatement of ...
Emmett McIntyre - Dec 22 2015 - 5:24am - 0 comments
... in the EU signed the military cooperation agreement, Ireland being one of 5 which did not sign. However, the same month the Irish ... in favour of Irish participation in PESCO. This is against Ireland’s policy of neutrality and in fact contrary to the Irish Constitution ...
Alastair Kneale - Feb 21 2018 - 5:05pm
... election has raised the issue in Dáil Éireann (Assembly of Ireland). Yesterday (June 14) he questioned the Taoiseach (head of Irish ... Irish Post newspaper there have been growing demands for Ireland to ban the export of Irish greyhounds to the notorious Canidrome ...
Eibhlin O'Neill - Jun 16 2016 - 1:57am - 0 comments
... was held on Saturday at Lissadell House, Sligo in Ireland to mark the 90th anniversary of the death of Constance Markievicz ... Markievicz told the court, "I went out to fight for Ireland's freedom and it does not matter what happens to me. I did what I ... the first Dáil Éireann an independent legislature for Ireland which met in Dublin. She went on to become the second woman in the ...
Eibhlin O'Neill - Jul 18 2017 - 1:33am
... Approximately 40,000 tonnes of seaweed is harvested in Ireland, more than 95 per cent of it naturally grown. It pruduces high-value ... to seaweed, registered in seven counties along the coast of Ireland; Cork, Kerry, Limerick, Galway, Mayo, Clare and Donegal. Canadian ...
Eibhlin O'Neill - Jul 3 2018 - 9:17am
... in County Down (Irish: Contae an Dúin) in the north-east of Ireland for the past 30 years. It was originally found having been caught in ... from a German U-boat. It sank off the southern coast of Ireland, roughly 11 miles off the Old Head of Kinsale (Irish, An Seancheann) ...
Alastair Kneale - Apr 5 2018 - 7:21pm
... Éireann, the lower house of the Oireachtas (legislature) of Ireland. At the election 159 of 160 Dáil Éireann seats were contested, with ... seats from 2016. The election was held at a time when Ireland's electorate have become increasingly dissatisfied with the present ...
Eibhlin O'Neill - Feb 11 2020 - 10:39pm
... Night' bonfires were lit at midnight across the north of Ireland as part of a loyalist tradition to mark the anniversary of Protestant ... others to engage in serious disorder. By 1am, the Northern Ireland Fire and Rescue Service (NIFRS) had received a total of 327 emergency ...
Eibhlin O'Neill - Jul 12 2018 - 12:12pm
... half of 2020. She made the statement when on a visit to Ireland this week where she met the Taoiseach (Ireland's prime minister) in Dublin (Irish: Baile Átha Cliath). The Scottish ...
Douglas MacQueen - May 28 2019 - 8:11pm