Author: Andrew Moore

An Irish charity had a frightening experience yesterday when they found that their website had been hacked by members or supporters of the terror group ISIS. Staff of Irish Autism Action were shocked when they were alerted that their website had been hacked, and the homepage was displaying a photograph of an armed soldier with… Continue reading Irish charity given a scare by terror group ISIS

Two Irish superstars will join forces tonight as Co Mullingar’s One Direction singer Niall Horan will caddy for Co Down’s Rory McIlroy at the Masters par 3 warm-up round. Horan and McIlroy are two of the most successful people to come out of Ireland in the last decade, and both seem to have the world… Continue reading Irish superstars join forces at Augusta

The planned events to mark the centenary of the Easter Rising next year have been announced by Taoiseach Enda Kenny. There will be numerous exhibits, performances, marches and several more activities that will take place throughout the whole of 2016, both in Ireland and abroad.

Sinn Féin leader Gerry Adams has revealed his party intends to call for a referendum on Irish unity. He didn’t say when the call would be made, but it is expected that it will take place next year, as a mark of the centenary of the Easter Rising rebellion in Dublin. Adams argued that the… Continue reading Sinn Féin in surprise new move for Irish unity

Comedy star Brendan O’Carroll has revealed that his foul-mouthed Irish Mammy character Mrs Brown saved him from bankruptcy. O’Carroll was the subject of an interesting interview by Australian television programme Sunday Night. He opens up about his past in the moving documentary. O’Carroll spoke about his mother and his admiration for her, raising eleven children… Continue reading O’Carroll reveals Mrs Brown saved him from bankruptcy

A photographer has achieved his dream and captured the incredible Northern Lights on film. Noel Keating of Co Donegal endured night after night of freezing wind and rain on the cliffs of Slieve League, determined to witness and record the natural phenomenon.

An Irish technology firm has developed a piece of software to try to protect children from cyberbullying and online abuse. The programme, called ParIntel, detects when online bullying is taking place, and alerts a nominated third party such as a parent or older sibling of the victim. In the past decade, the problem of online… Continue reading Tech firm develop software to tackle cyberbullying

A Dad and his daughter performed a brilliant duet of the hit song, Let it Go, from the Disney movie Frozen. The video has got more than four million YouTube views in its first week. Dad Billy is full of encouragement for his adorable three-year-old girl Blakely as she belts out the emotional song.