The Irish Community has lost several of its local community members recently. In one five day stretch your reporter attended a funeral a day. That stretch started with our good friend and a greatly respected journalist, Nick Coleman. Nick wrote about The Troubles in Northern Ireland several years ago when he was a columnist at…
Fewer patients left on hospital trolleys this year
The Health Minister says 911 fewer patients have been left on hospital trolleys this month compared to the same month last year. Up to the end of last month more than 80,000 patients had been left on a trolley this year. That’s an almost 8% increase on the same time in 2016. However Minister Simon…
McGregor pleads guilty in melee case
Mixed martial arts star, Conor McGregor, has pleaded guilty to disorderly conduct in exchange for community service to resolve charges stemming from a backstage melee at a New York City area. He will also be required to undergo evaluation for an anger management program in additional to doing five days of community service. The charges…
Famous K Club is for sale
The site of the 2006 Ryder Cup, K Club, ;has been put on the market. The five-star resort sits on a 550 acre estate featuring a 134 room hotel and two 18 hole championship golf courses designed by the late Arnold Palmer. Besides hosting the Ryder Cup it has also hosted the 2016 Irish Open…
McIlroy declared European Tours’ all-time money earner
Even though he finished in a tie for second place in the recent Open Championship he was declared the European Tour’s all-time top money earner. He overtook former leader. Lee Westwood when he took home 593,051 Euro to amass 35.1 million Euros from European Tour prize money alone. He has amassed this while only joining…
International Monetary Fund warns Ireland to prepare for shocks
Even though Ireland has shown remarkable growth the IMF has warned the country to prepare itself for international shocks. The head of the IMF, Christine Lagarde, said while the Irish economy is showing strong employment and economic growth she urged that Ireland should set up a rainy day fund to better prepare for international economic…
Fianna Fail support drops to two year low
The largest opposition party, Fianna Fail, has fallen by over three points in a 12 day poll taken in face-to-face interviews by the Behavior and Attitudes series of opinion polls for the Sunday Times. The poll also showed a rise in support for Fine Gael, which is at 34%, up 3 points. Fianna Fail was…
Pope’s Mass at Phoenix Park sold out
Every ticket for the Papal Mass in Phoenix Park for the World Meeting of Families 2018 has been filled. The free tickets went live for booking on Monday, June 25. and within the first 24 hours 285,000 tickets were booked. The next day it had risen to 400,000. It was evident to the organizers that…
Paisley Jr. suspended from British Parliament and DUP
Democratic Unionist Party MP, Ian Paisley Jr., has been suspended fro the British House of Commons for 30 sitting days. The suspensions come after the North Antrim MP took two trips to Sri Lanka that were paid for by its government before he then advocated on their behalf. He was found by a parliament watchdog…
Sinn Féin will put forward a candidate for president
Sinn Féin party leader, Mary Lou McDonald, has backed a proposal to put forth a candidate to run for President against President Michael Higgins who will be running for a second term in Aras an Uachtarain. Higgins has gained support from a broad base of the political parties in Ireland. He is a member of…