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Bellshill girl among those who died in Dundalk car crash

AN OUTPOURING of grief has followed a shocking incident as five young people, including Chloe Hipson from Bellshill (above), were killed in a collision in Dundalk. Chloe, aged 21, died alongside Chloe McGee, 23, and Shay Duffy, 21, both from Carrickmacross, County Monaghan, Alan McCluskey, 23, from Drumconrath, County Meath and Dylan Commins, 23, from Ardee, County Louth. Three others—two men and a woman—are being treated for serious but non-life-threatening injuries. Chloe’s

Census report is released

THE Irish Consulate in Edinburgh, along with Irish In Britain, hosted the launch of the organisation’s report The Irish in Britain: Findings from the Analysis of the 2022 Census of Scotland.

Irish superstars to grace Celtic Connections

TRADITIONAL music heavyweights Sharon Shannon and Luka Bloom will be among the Irish artists showcasing their talents at next year’s Celtic Connections Festival in Glasgow.

Features

Telling Duntocher's story

IN 1816, landscape painter John Knox, travelled the 10 miles or so from Glasgow, to paint the Clyde from Faifley and Duntocher—two small settlements which were part of the parish of Old Kilpatrick. It was an early autumn scene, a rolling wooded hillside with a textile mill in the distance. It was pleasant, green and largely unoccupied. By the mid 1840s it was an entirely different picture.

How Sally became Castlebar’s megastar

IRISH literature has a long tradition of producing writers who capture the mood of the times that we live in. Jonathan Swift’s Gulliver’s Travels is a classic searing satire of Georgian Britain’s greed and moral bankruptcy. In every era writers have emerged from Erin’s shores as voices who have been able to chronicle the experiences of a generation and articulate their concerns.

Six of the best that Belfast has to offer

WHEN you think of Belfast, there’s always a sense of grandiosity attached to it—be that in its famous sons and daughters, its buildings and even in the famed ship built there, The Titanic.

Comment & Opinion

Far-right must be reminded they’re wrong

DUBLIN—a city once described by novelist Brendan Behan as holding ‘familiarity without friendship’—now finds its residents asking the haunting question: ‘Why me?’ This comes in the wake of a series of violent attacks targeting members of Ireland’s immigrant communities throughout the summer of 2025.

The arts are a source of pride and should be celebrated

RECENT comments by East Ayrshire Council’s Head of Education Linda McAulay-Griffiths regarding the merits of education in music have forced an apology after a clip went viral online for all the wrong reasons.

There’s much that can bloom from a garden

LIKE the Emerald Isle, Edinburgh is a very green place. Though this is on the more local scale of a city, just how many green spaces and gardening initiatives, both large and small are present within the city has always impressed me. Scotland as a whole, like Ireland, also has a rich botanical cultural history.

As Gaeilge

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.

Ag freagairt ceisteanna céannachta

BHUEL, a chairde, is deas a bheith ar ais libh tar éis an tsamhraidh. Tá súil agam gur bhain sibh sult as an samhradh! Tá muid ag druidim le tús théarma nua ranganna Gaeilge agus gníomhaíochtaí eile de chuid Chonradh na Gaeilge Glaschú go luath, i mí Mheán Fómhair—féach thíos le haghaidh tuilleadh sonraí fúthu seo—Chuir seo scéal nuachta ón samhradh i gcuimhne dom.

Tá an samhradh linn!

BHUEL, a chairde, tá súil agam go raibh samhradh iontach agaibh go dtí seo. Bhí tús an-mhaith agamsa don samhradh ag obair ag Campa Samhraidh Chonradh na Gaeilge Glaschú.

Sport

A great year for Ceann Creige Hurlers

CEANN Creige Hurlers have continued to build on their success of the opening games. Whilst the number of games played was frustratingly less than what some would like, the lads ensured that when they did play, they put in an impressive performance.

Ireland make it a double in international matches

IRELAND made it a double celebration as their hurlers and camogs took on their shinty counterparts in a return of the Ireland-Scotland international fixture.

Ceann Creige Camogs show battling qualities to stay up

THE first year in the British Senior Championship was always going to be a tough season for the Ceann Creige Camogs.

Entertainment

Shane’s spirit and soul have stayed with Victoria

THIS month, I’ve speaking with my dear friend Victoria Mary Clarke, an incredibly successful author, artist and journalist and wife of the late Shane MacGowan of The Pogues.

Irish superstars to grace Celtic Connections

TRADITIONAL music heavyweights Sharon Shannon and Luka Bloom will be among the Irish artists showcasing their talents at next year’s Celtic Connections Festival in Glasgow.

Malones to host Irish Heritage Day

EDINBURGH'S Irish community will have another chance to celebrate its culture and heritage—and the chance to avail of some free pints—thanks to a special event being held this month in Malones Bar in Leith.