MUSHROOMS, Mushrooms, mushrooms: In all 8 Celtic Nations there is a massive love affair with mushrooms. References of the Celts love affair with mushrooms can be found from where the author J.R.R. Tolkien first referred to mushrooms, when talking about the Shire (a similarity to his childhood home on the borders of Wales). To the…
Silver Spear Publications presents 2-volume collection of Irish music writing by scholar/performer L.E. McCullough
WOODBRIDGE, NJ — L.E. McCullough started writing about Irish Traditional Music in 1974. He hasn’t stopped yet. A new publication titled “What Whistle Would You Play at Your Mother’s Funeral?” — L.E. McCullough’s Writings on Irish Traditional Music, 1974-2016, gathers in two volumes the more than 300,000 words on Irish music and culture the prolific…
SuperValu celebrates with 79 accolades at 2018 Great Taste awards
Today, SuperValu (this is SuperValu of Ireland not associated with SuperValu in the states) grocery are delighted to announce 79 impressive award wins at the 2018 Great Taste Awards making them the top performing Irish supermarket at the world’s largest and most trusted food and drink awards. SuperValu’s wins include 45 products from the Signature…
Limerick city and county council rolls out free high speed wi-fi
il rolled out free high speed wi-fi across its own infrastructure in Limerick city center, the first in i – tiative of its kind in the country. The pilot Limerick.ie FREE WIFI initiative undertaken over the past few months covers the city center area along both sides of the River Shannon from Shannon Bridge to…
Obituaries
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…