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An infamous Irish ghost estate has gone up for sale in Co Cork for a price so remarkable it might just have people contemplating buying it. A ghost estate is a housing development that has been left largely abandoned, in particular a newly built one in which most of the properties are uninhabited or unfinished. […]
George Bernard Shaw, one of the most celebrated writers to emerge from Ireland, died at the age of 94 on November 2, 1950. Shaw was the first person to have been awarded both a Nobel Prize and an Oscar – he won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1925 for “Pygmalion,” and later, in 1939, […]
These are the lightest and most delicious rolls I have ever tasted. They freeze very well too. Recipe from The Pleasures of the Table: Rediscovering Theodora Fitzgibbon. Donal Skehan’s potato yeast roll recipe Makes about 16 rolls Ingredients 4 oz potatoes 1 oz fresh yeast or 1⁄2 oz dry yeast 2 oz sugar […]
Colin Farrell met with Ireland’s Taoiseach Simon Harris after the Hollywood star ran the Dublin Marathon on Sunday in support of Irish charity Debra. “Great to welcome Colin Farrell to the office today,” Taoiseach Simon Harris said in a post on Instagram on Friday. “Determined to work to secure ring fenced funding for EB patients […]
A look at Dublin City around the time of the 1916 Easter Rising “Dublin 1916,” a brief newsreel clip from British Pathé that’s been preserved as part of the Irish Film Institute, hints at the devastation caused by The Easter Rising. The camera slowly pans from Eden Quay, looking down O’Connell Street to Bachelors Walk. The […]
Known for his pivotal contributions to Irish-American communities, Morrison’s impact on immigration reform and the Northern Ireland Peace Process resonates profoundly, marking him as one of the most admired advocates for Irish rights in the United States. The IrishCentral Legal Elite Awards 2024, will take place on Nov 7, at the American Irish Historical Society […]
All Irish personnel are safe and accounted for after a rocket struck United Nations Post 2-45, the Irish base known as Camp Shamrock, in Lebanon on Wednesday afternoon, October 30. “I can confirm that yesterday afternoon, there was a Katyusha rocket that landed within 2-45,” Lieutenant General Sean Clancy, Chief of Staff for the Irish […]
Irish actress Saoirse Ronan shared her reaction with Virgin Radio UK host Ryan Tubridy after her unexpectedly viral moment on “The Graham Norton Show” which aired last Friday, October 26. Saoirse, 30, is m making headlines for coolly shutting down jokes about self-defense during her appearance on the chat show last week, where she was […]
The “biggest near term risk” to the Irish economy is the election of Donald Trump to the US Presidency, a leading economist has warned. Dan O’Brien, chief economist at the Institute of International and European Affairs (IIEA), believes Irish jobs could be at risk if Mr. Trump is victorious on November 5. In stark contrast, […]
Jack Lowden has taken to social to share a picture of Saoirse Ronan after the actress silenced Paul Mescal on the Graham Norton Show. Saoirse was joined by Kildare native Paul, two-time Oscar winner Denzel Washington and “The Theory of Everything’s” Eddie Redmayne on the couch last Friday, where they were discussing taking their phone […]