IRISH community and cultural organisations have spoken out strongly against organised attacks against immigrant communities in Scotland, and against fascist-style assemblies which have taken place in both Glasgow and Edinburgh.

IN 2017, the Irish language television channel, TG4, broadcast a programme, Bus Ghlaschú, about the bus services between Donegal and Glasgow that acted as a vital link between the two places. It was so popular that it was also picked up by BBC Alba, the Scottish Gaelic channel and would have reminded many people of the long and difficult journey as well as the many happy reunions enabled by the bus.

IRELAND'S first railway was opened between Dublin and Kingstown—now Dún Laoghaire—in 1834, just nine years after the pioneering Stockton and Darlington opened for traffic. The Irish line made history as the world’s first commuter railway. Steam-powered, it was built to the standard British gauge of four feet eight-and-a-half inches between the rails and today’s modern, electric DART trains still use the route on their way to and from Greystones.

IN A season like no other, the club whose corporate logo is ‘A club like no other,’ again broke new football ground by holding the first ever football history conference specifically dedicated to discussing one club—Celtic FC.

GLASGOW'S Irish community joined the parishioners of St Mary of the Assumption in the Calton to commemorate National Famine Memorial Day on Sunday May 17.

IN EARLY June 1937 a squad of 23 young seasonal agricultural workers left Achill Island, County Mayo to work on the annual Scottish potato harvest. There were 13 young women and girls and 10 young men and boys; the average age of the latter being around 16, the youngest, 13 years of age.

AS DERRYMAN Mickey Mullen reminded readers of The Irish Voice in these pages recently, and as Paul Brady’s song recalls, it can frequently be ‘nothing but the same old story’ when the Irish diaspora shows its face in Britain.

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.

IN THIS month of May here at home, we take a moment to reflect and remember the catastrophic events that shaped the Irish wherever they first saw the light of day.

OCTOBER 9, 2024, marks a significant date in the life of St Patrick’s in the Cowgate area of Edinburgh