A ten-year-old boy from the north of Ireland has uncovered what is thought to be a 300-year-old possible “English basket-hilted broadsword”. Birthday present Fionntan Hughes was using a metal detector he got for his birthday in July. He was out…
What will Brexit mean to border communities in Ireland? With the date that the UK is due to leave the European Union (EU) drawing ever closer – December 31, 2020 – no-one seems to be any the wiser about what…
The party may be over for under-25s at Airbnb properties. The company announced the trial restrictions in an effort to cut down on rowdy parties and the spread of coronavirus. Initial plans Initially, Airbnb is planning to introduce the measures…
A group of Ghanaian fishermen have taken up Gaelic football at a County Down GAA club. The men from Ghana in Africa have been living and working on fishing boats out of Ardglass harbour for the past year. Ardglass…
The Irish Department for Transport has confirmed that drivers from Northern Ireland and Great Britain will have to carry an insurance green card while driving across the border to the Republic of Ireland from January. The new rule will apply…
Derry was in mourning this week when the news broke of the death of one of its greatest sons. Nobel peace laureate John Hume died at Owen Mór nursing home in the city after suffering dementia for some years. He…
Gaelic games have returned to East Belfast for the first time in a generation. The last club of this kind to hail from the area, St Colmcille’s GAC, was disbanded in the 1970s as a result of the Troubles. A…
Jack Charlton will undoubtedly be remembered as the greatest Republic of Ireland soccer manager ever. Tributes poured in for the England World Cup winner after his death on July 10 2020. The 85-year-old had been diagnosed with lymphoma in the…
An amputee’s epic voyage across the Atlantic began when the lockdown conditions started to kick in around the world because of the Covid-19 pandemic. Derry sailor Garry Crothers found himself on the French/Dutch island of Sint Maarten in the Caribbean. …