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 NEW partnership to boost collaboration on economic growth, community development and cultural preservation in Irish and Scottish Gaelic speaking areas has been signed.

A LANDSCAPE designer wants to see the Gorbals Viaduct—one of the last, remaining structures surviving from the days when Gorbals was the traditional home of a large Irish, immigrant community—redesigned as an urban park.

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 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.

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.

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.

THE subject of this month’s feature is the wonderful David Low. He is not only a finance guru and lifelong Celtic fan, but also a disciple of the old three chords and the truth.

ON MARCH 12, 1925, the newly formed State police force, An Garda Síochána, launched a large-scale raid on Dublin’s notorious red-light district, the Monto, an operation ordered by Garda Commissioner William Murphy.

TO COMMEMORATE the founding of the club on August 6, 1875, Hibernian FC has prepared an exhibition in the very place and on the very same day that the club was founded 150 years ago.

AS DALRIADA GFC embarks on its 35th season of Gaelic Games, we look at the GAA in the northeast of Scotland at both club and university...

AT THE junction of North King Street and Church Street on Dublin’s northside stands a now-derelict public house that many Dubliners remember simply as ‘The Tap.’

READING is hugely beneficial, but sure you don’t need me to tell that. Both from an educational point of view and for your mental health it’s a win-win past time.

IRISH Nurses: An Oral History is published by Four Courts Press (2025). It tells the unique stories of 45 Irish women who came to the UK to work as nurses for the NHS, and contains many meticulous stories of their experiences, from their training to the everyday stresses and strains, to the fun and craic they had outside of work.

TWENTY years ago, this year, my first stage play premiered here in Dún na nGall. I had written The Flight of the Earls the previous year...

THE annual Scottish Fleadh—the festival of Irish music and culture—will this year take place in Woodfarm High School, East Renfrewshire over the weekend of April 26 and 27

THE time to openly celebrate Irish culture in Glasgow has finally come in a symbolic way with the cultural parade

HUBBY and I are just back from a lovely break to Krakow, Poland, possibly one of the cleanest European cities I’ve ever visited

THIS book, from the very beginning, points to a strong sense of collaborative in putting it together

MARCH is always one month of joy for the Irish and especially the drinks industry as we drink to celebrate one of our patron saints