Author: Michael Kehoe

New York University has announced its programme to commemorate the 100 year anniversary of the Easter Rising. The announcement was made by Glucksman Ireland House, which is the centre for Irish and Irish-American Studies at New York University.

As everybody knows, a wedding is a day for all eyes to be on the bride. It is bad form for anybody to upstage her, even the groom! However, there are sometimes exceptions to the rule. For example, if the bride wants to use her limelight to give her friend a moment she will never… Continue reading Heart-warming marriage proposal at wedding reception

Any Irishmen looking for love this summer would be well advised to make sure their barbecue skills are up to scratch. If not, they could be facing some lonely nights as a recent survey has revealed that a complete white wash of 100% of Irish women think less of a man who can’t light a… Continue reading Irish women turned off by men who can’t light barbecue

They say that in politics it is important to know how to pick your battles. There is often little point in sticking your neck out for a minor policy that will have virtually no chance of success but the stench of defeat could follow you around and make you look weak.

Scientists in Ireland could be on the verge of being able to predict volcanic eruptions thanks to ground breaking new research. A team at Trinity College Dublin have discovered a new method of analysing and explaining past explosions and this may be the key to preparing for future eruptions.

A Sinn Féin councillor has thanked Queen Elizabeth as an Irish tricolour will be returned to Limerick and used in next year’s Easter Rising Centenary celebrations. The flag is hugely significant to the city of Limerick as it was hoisted during the mobilisation of the volunteers in the city.

The murmuration of starlings is one of the natural world’s most spectacular sights. It involves hundreds of thousands of birds all flying closely together. It can be a mesmerising and hypnotic sight as the birds can seem to move as if they were one large organism.