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News

Artist hopes for a Gathering of the Irish community at new exhibition

IN THE midst of all the St Patrick’s Day celebrations, an award-winning artist has launched a brand new exhibition in Glasgow that sees her aiming to explore her Irish ancestry.

Change of route for St Patrick's Festival parade

IN LIGHT of the devastating fire on Union Street in Glasgow City Centre, the organisers of the Glasgow St Patrick’s Festival Parade 2026 have taken the decision, in consultation with parade participants and statutory partners, to change the planned route for this year’s event. "We recognise that the recent fire has had a significant impact on the city centre, including ongoing road closures, surrounding road works and substantially increased traffic congestion," festival orga

Scotland is failing young Irish musicians

CALLS have been made to end the intransigence which sees young traditional Irish musicians on Scotland unable to receive academic recognition for their musical talents in school examinations.

Features

The writers who won over Hollywood

THE screen adaption of Maggie O’Farrell’s Hamnet is widely tipped to win several Oscars at this year’s Academy Awards Ceremony in LA. The movie’s success follows hotly on the heels of Cillian Murphy’s Oscar for Best Actor in Oppenheimer (2024) and Kenneth Branagh’s Golden Statute for Belfast (2021). Irish writers and actors have excelled at the Academy Awards in recent years.

The three privateers of Rush

LONG before the fictional exploits of Dumas’ Three Musketeers, the fishing village of Rush, County Dublin, produced its own trio of real life adventurers whose story rivals any Hollywood epic. At the centre of it stood Luke Ryan, an Irish privateer and smuggler whose audacious career during the American War of Independence made him one of the most notorious raiders ever to prowl British waters.

Hibs, history and honouring legends

AS HIBERNIAN FC entered the second half of the club’s 150th anniversary season an important landmark took place. January 20, 2026 marked the 100th anniversary of the death of Michael Whelehan, who—along with Canon Edward Joseph Hannan—co-founded the club on the August 6, 1875.

Comment & Opinion

Pro-Palestine does not equal antisemitic

ELITE sport—especially on display at large-scale televised events—can provide a site for social, political and ideological messaging, including in the form of promotion, support, dissent or opposition.

Bring banners for your ancestors

ON MARCH 14, 2026, the Glasgow St Patrick’s Festival Parade will once again bring colour, music and life to the heart of the city. This year’s theme ‘A Celebration of Irish Immigration to Glasgow’ is more than a commemoration. It is a declaration of who we are, where we come from, and the immeasurable contribution our community has made to Glasgow for almost two centuries.

A great year for Irish-Scottish relations

THE year 2025 was a notable year one for Irish-Scottish relations. The Consulate has seen the highest number of inward ministerial visits from Ireland, with six visits to Glasgow, Edinburgh, Stirling and Aberdeen in areas ranging from special and inclusive education to cultural cooperation.

As Gaeilge

Táimid ag tnúth le Márta!

LÁ FHÉILE Bríde agus Imbolc sona daoibh go léir. Tá súil agam gur bhain sibh taitneamh as iad a cheiliúradh. Bhí ceiliúradh mór ar na sean-thraidisiúin a bhaineann leis an Fhéile ag Céilí Óíche Bhríde bliantúil de chuid Conradh na Gaeilge Glaschú. Go raibh míle maith agaibh go léir a tháinig amach i mbliana!

Céiliúradh i ndiaidh Céiliúradh

BHUEL, a chairde, nach mbíonn na hoícheanta iontach fada na laethanta seo agus nach mbíonn an aimsir gruama den chuid is mò? Bhuel, bíonn, is dócha, ach tá mise ag rá libh gan bac le sin agus gan a bheith gruama ionat féin ag an am céanna. Cad chuige? Bhuel, nach é seo an t-am den bhliain a bhíonn céiliúradh i ndiaidh céiliúradh againn? Is é. Muna chreideann tú mé, smaoinigh ar seo: ní fada uainn an Nollaig, agus ansin tagann na féilte go gasta chugainn ina dhiaidh sin.

Uachtarán Éireannach gan Gaeilge?

MAR is eol duit is dócha, beidh toghchán Uachtarán na hÉireann ar siúl ag deireadh na míosa seo agus muid ag fágáil slán, ar an drochuair, le Mícheál D Ó hUigínn, duine a cheap mé a bhí iontach sa ról—duine a bhfuil an-tóir air agus nach raibh eagla air ábhair dheacra a phlé ó am go ham fosta.

Sport

More trials and tribulations at United

THE trials and tribulations continue at Dundee United with manager Jim Goodwin under week-to-week scrutiny, not to mention serious pressure from the fans.

Hibs could have a huge say in the title race

DAVID Gray’s Hibs side has only lost seven league matches all season and sit comfortably fifth in the table with the ridiculous pointless ‘split’ a mere three matches away.

Glasgow University savour that winning feeling

FOR those involved with Men’s Gaelic football at the University of Glasgow, the 2026 season will live long in the memory.

Entertainment

St James the Great CCÉ put the fun into fundraising

THE St James the Great branch of Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann—based in the southside of Glasgow—are looking forward with excitement to an upcoming youth exchange visit this month to CCÉ Croisín in County Clare.

Music that makes real connections

CONTRIBUTORS to The Irish Voice share with us their personal highlights and standout performances at this year’s Celtic Connections Festival. TRUE AND BOLD: A NIGHT FOR DICK GAUGHAN Glasgow Royal Concert Hall January 18, 2026 GAUGHAN was a giant of traditional music. His album Handful of Earth is rated as one of the best folk albums ever, but he is now unable to perform after suffering a stroke in 2016, which affected his dexterity and memory. This show was hugely significa

Malones Edinburgh featured in Guinness Harp Guide

MALONES Edinburgh was thrilled recently to have been included in Guinness’s first ever Harp Guide.