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News

Bringing Brother Walfrid’s story to life

THE remarkable story of the man whose charitable work led to the birth of Celtic Football Club is to be brought to the stage in a new Glasgow production.

Award-winning Irish band to take the stage in Edinburgh

DOUBLE Emmy Award-winning Irish group, The Shamrocks, are coming to Scotland next month as part of their first ever UK tour.

What a glorious year for Hibernian FC

SAD are the homes of Ballingarry Southwards towards the hill The shadow of Knockfeirna A mission to fulfil He crossed the sea to help the poor And found Hibernian Undying fame surrounds your name Ed Hannan from The Glen

Features

A platform for rail heritage

IF IRELAND has an efficient—and hopefully— expanding modern railway system, it equally benefits from being home to a surprising number of high quality heritage railways and museums. Irish heritage railways are popular tourist attractions, with an impressive 93,000 passengers taking trips on them annually, getting in touch with the trains of yesteryear, which enthusiasts have lovingly kept alive for posterity.

Rome remains place of great influence

THE city of Rome is a real kaleidoscope of colour. It really does has everything—food, fashion, art, faith and, of course, history. For those who have visited the Eternal City, there is never enough time, and, inevitably, plans are made for a return visit. To borrow a well-used phrase, Rome is ‘the gift that keeps on giving’ and no number of visits could exhaust its marvels.

Derry boat was a vessel for memories

AT THE outbreak of World War I in August 1914, the regularity of the Derry boat sailings began to dwindle, as U-boat activity in the North Atlantic made a dangerous journey much more hazardous. Ships like The Thistle were re-commissioned for war service and only returned to Derry quay after the conflict. This, however, was at a time when Ireland’s conflict with Britain for its national independence was just getting underway and in which the Derry boat would play an important

Comment & Opinion

A summer of culture and collaborations

THIS has been an active and varied summer for the Consulate, spanning cultural collaborations, political engagement and support for a pioneering internship programme between Ireland and Scotland in the renewable energy sector.

The Fleadh was a celebration of all our island’s music

THE All-Ireland Fleadh took place last month in Belfast for a celebration of Irish culture that was on a completely different level to anything that had gone before.

It’s time to rail and rally against racism

BELFAST. June 2026. Burnt out homes. Terrified families fleeing in the night. We’ve been here before. A knife attack by Hadi Alodid, a Sudanese asylum seeker in Nationalist North Belfast, triggered anti-immigration riots by Union Jack clad mobs. Loyalist-led pogroms are not new, but their target is. Catholic Irish have been replaced by people of colour.

As Gaeilge

Seachtain cultúrtha, áthasach agus stairiúil

BHUEL, a chairde, tá súil agam go raibh samhradh maith agaibh. Ceann measartha maith ó thaobh na haimsire de a bhí againn, nach raibh? ‘An rud is annamh is iontach’ mar a deirtear!

Níl a fhios acu dada, mar is gnách

BHUEL, a chairde, an mbeadh iontas ar bith oraibh dá mbeinn ag rá libh go bhfuil meancóg amaideach déanta ag Reform UK? Ní bheadh, is dócha, ach seans go mbeadh iontas ort go mbaineann a gcuid seafóid—an uair seo—leis an Ghaeilge.

Mol achan duine agus tiocfadh siad

‘MOl an óige agus tiocfadh siad,’ sin a deir an seanfhocal i nGaeilge. Seanfhocal a d’úsáid mé anseo thart fán am seo anuraidh toisc go mbíonn sé ar m’intinn achan bliain agus muid ag ullmhú fá choinne Campa Samhraidh Chonradh na Gaeilge Glaschú. Thig linn an seanfhocal sin a úsáid i gcomhthéacs ar bith, is dócha, ach déarfainn go bhfuil sé ríthábhachtach nuair a táthar ag caint maidir le teanga, oidhreacht agus féiniúlacht.

Sport

The day the curse was broken!

THERE’S 05:38 on the stop-clock: Mayo are three points down in the 2026 All-Ireland Final, nevertheless very much in the game. Unlike in the 1996 replay against Meath, they still have 15 men on the field. Back then star player Liam McHale was red-carded after just six minutes following a mass brawl. 14-man Mayo lost by just one point. At 07.24, Mayo get off the mark with a fisted score.

Hurling, camogie and shinty skills will be on show in Cork

THE GAA, Camogie Association, Camanachd Association and Women’s Camanachd Association recently confirmed that this year’s Hurling-Shinty International will take place at Cork’s SuperValu Páirc Uí Chaoimh.