... 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
... of the famine. The British government's (who then ruled Ireland) response to this catastrophic period of Irish history continues to be ... was a period of mass starvation, disease, and emigration in Ireland. Yet the export of food crops and livestock from Ireland continued over ...
Eibhlin O'Neill - May 11 2018 - 8:10pm
... on the work in developing the Irish Langauge in Northern Ireland." The article continued: "Committee Members, and indeed each of the ... on the necessity for an Irish Language Act (by the Northern Ireland Assembly) which was promised in the (2006) Saint Andrews Agreement." ...
Emmett McIntyre - Jun 17 2013 - 7:58pm - 0 comments
... will be an indicator to people on ‘the Island of Ireland’ to create a framework for reform there. He was speaking ahead of the ... if referendum is successful the legislation being mooted for Ireland falls short of that existing elsewhere albeit it would remove the need ...
Bernard Moffatt - May 23 2018 - 2:47pm
Emmett McIntyre's blog The 2016 All Ireland Music Festival, or Fleadh Cheoil na hErieann, was held this year in Ennis in County Clare. Media reports ...
Emmett McIntyre - Aug 25 2016 - 5:09pm - 0 comments
Our established impressions of early Celtic Ireland have come down to us through the great Irish myths and sagas, yet how ... offerings in lakes and rivers. New material is examined on Ireland's contact with the Roman world and the final chapter reviews whether La ...
Anonymous (not verified) - Apr 28 2013 - 7:30pm
... Irish Parliament. The First Minister has said that she views Ireland as an important friend to Scotland and looked forward to strengthening ... the European Union). The close relationship between Ireland and Scotland has been highlighted on a previous visit to Scotland by ...
Douglas MacQueen - Oct 5 2017 - 3:06pm
... Dublin (Irish: Baile Átha Cliath) will carry the flag for Ireland (Irish: Éire) at the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games in Tokyo. They are both members of the 116 strong Team Ireland athletes competing in the games. Boxing traditionally is one of ...
Eibhlin O'Neill - Jul 20 2021 - 1:52pm
... The Easter Rising of 1916 is being commemorated around Ireland today including a military ceremony in O'Connell Street in Dublin. The ... was mounted by Irish republicans to end British rule in Ireland. It was one of the defining moments of the long struggle for Irish ...
Eibhlin O'Neill - Apr 1 2018 - 4:01pm
... Eibhlin O'Neill's blog The tallest mural in Ireland, about 41 metres (135ft) in height, has been painted on the side of the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Dundalk, Ireland (Irish: Dún Dealgan, Éire). It depicts the Celtic warrior god Lú. ...
Eibhlin O'Neill - Sep 27 2021 - 4:33pm