Author: Michael Kehoe

As the world celebrates St Patrick’s Day, people in Ireland have been left mystified by the sudden appearance of leprechaun figures on city streets. A number of rag doll leprechauns have been left in various parts of the country. However, far from being the jolly happy go lucky leprechauns we are used to, these little… Continue reading Can you solve mystery of the flattened leprechauns?

Ryanair are considering whether to bring an end to their annual controversial calendars that feature their air hostesses posing in bikinis. While they are not alone in publishing these sorts of calendars, they have come under fire in the past with accusations of corporate misogyny. Ryanair have always argued that the calendars raise money for… Continue reading Ryanair may scrap controversial charity calendars

Fans of Irish writer Maeve Binchy will be delighted to hear that a new book of short stories written before she died is set to be released in April. Binchy, who was Ireland’s bestselling writer ever, passed away two years ago. She had just completed her final novel, A Week in Winter, which became a… Continue reading Surprise new collection of Maeve Binchy stories

In his writings, St Patrick describes how he was captured from his home in Britain and sold into slavery in Ireland. He later escaped and headed back to Britain before returning and settling in Ireland. However, a British professor has presented a controversial theory that Patrick was more likely to have been a slave trader… Continue reading Was St Patrick a slave or a slave trader?

St Patrick in his writings describes how he was captured by pirates and taken to Ireland while he was still a boy. He doesn’t state clearly where he was taken from but most historians agree that it was probably somewhere in Wales. However, a Scottish historian has said that Ireland’s patron saint may have been… Continue reading Was Ireland’s St Patrick really Scottish?

A new study has revealed that Irish women spend more time doing housework and caring for children than women in most other European countries. The study was conducted by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development ahead of International Women’s Day and includes results from 26 European countries. Irish women spend nearly five hours per… Continue reading Irish women among the hardest working in Europe

A letter from the commander for the Irish Volunteers, Eoin MacNeill, cancelling manoeuvres at the time of the Easter Rising has been discovered and is set to be auctioned in Dublin next month. MacNeill’s letter was a command to the Irish Volunteers to cancel a mobilisation which had been planned for Easter Sunday 1916. The… Continue reading Letter ‘cancelling’ Easter Rising manoeuvres on sale

A computer programmer has managed to solve a puzzle that has had Irish literature fans stumped for nearly 100 years. The question of how to cross Dublin without passing a pub was first posed by Leopold Bloom in the classic James Joyce novel Ulysses. Computer whiz Rory McCann has managed to find a route from… Continue reading It IS possible to cross Dublin without passing a pub

Republic of Ireland soccer boss Martin O’Neill has revealed that he intends to make full use of the ‘Granny rule’ in order to widen the talent pool he has to choose from. O’Neill is concerned that there are not enough young Irish soccer players emerging. With all-time top goal scorer Robbie Keane close to retirement,… Continue reading Irish soccer boss to make full use of ‘Granny rule’