Davy Rispin
I RECENTLY spoke to Mark O’Reilly for the We are Meath Podcast. If you are not aware of who Mark O’Reilly is, he was Man of the Match in the 1999 All-Ireland Final between Meath and Cork. O’Reilly...
Johnny Foley
I’M NOT usually one for writing music profiles. I mainly devote my attention to things that I tend to talk about more often on an everyday basis—films, the latest TV series or football-related issues. While trawling through YouTube...
John Joe McGinley
IRISH American Congressman John Morrissey, once told the US House of Representatives during a heated debate: "I have been a wharf rat, chicken thief, prize fighter, gambler and member of Congress, and if any gentleman on the...
Mickey Mullan
AS EASTER approaches and spring is in the air, we tend to see different drinking habits within the hospitality industry. Creamy pints of stout are replaced with ice-cold ciders and we are more interested in the weather than...
Colette Cooper
EVERY once in a while, I try to steer away from the constant buzzing and pinging sounds emanating from my mobile phone and, instead, take a well-needed social media detox for a few hours or even days.
There are...
Murray Leith & Jo Laing
THIS month, we talk to the well-known Irish musician, who lives and works in Glasgow, Karl Byrne (above). From Ireland to Glasgow to Santa Ponsa, we get an insight into his musical journey so far.
You’re...
MISE arís—Me again! Tá súil agam go raibh Seachtain na Gaeilge nó Lá Fhéile Pádraig den scoith agaibh uilig, cibé ceann a cheiliúrann tú. I hope you all had a brilliant Irish Language week or St Patrick’s Day, whichever...
Ciarán McMullan
CALORIE deficit is a term that is used a lot in the fitness industry and has been over complicated to the point where so many have given up trying to understand it. It is, simply put, consuming less...
Jai Owens
ON MARCH 1, 40 years ago, in the H-Blocks of Long Kesh, Bobby Sands (above) refused his meals. It was the beginning of a hunger strike that would last 217 days and result in the deaths of 10...
Johnny Foley
IT’S usually in November —‘Poppy Season’—when James McClean starts hitting the headlines, so it feels somewhat odd to be doing this in the month of March, for a change.
While I admire McClean (above) for speaking-out against the discrimination...