Author: Michael Kehoe

An Irish teenager received a standing ovation after he gave a passionate speech criticising the government over climate change. Conal O’Boyle said that Fine Gael was ‘passing the buck’ by encouraging citizens to recycle but doing little stop big businesses from curbing industrial scale emissions.

A bottlenose dolphin was saved by the emergency services after a member of the public spotted it stranded on an Irish beach. The gardaí and fire service arrived at the strand at Cockelshell Road, Tralee in time to save the creature.

A teenager came face to face with a humpback whale off the coast of Co Kerry as he headed into the sea with his father. When Terry and Tomás Deane, from Camp, headed out into the water around 15 miles northwest of Brandon for a bit of father-son bonding, they had no idea what a… Continue reading Teenager’s incredible encounter with humpback whale off the Irish coast

Irish women are doing twice as much housework as Irish men, according to a recent survey. Despite gender roles having altered over the decades, with women entering, and excelling in, the workforce, it seems that attitudes in the home are still to catch up.

Protestants in Ireland have longer life expectancy than their Catholic counterparts, according to a recent study. Researchers from the Central Statistics Office examined 12 months’ worth of data from 24 April 2016 onwards of people who had died.

Ireland is a country with a rich tradition for storytelling. The Irish have always had active imaginations and while many stories are full of romance or excitement, several others are terrifying – none more so than those from the East of the country. Brace yourself for some chilling stories from Ireland’s Ancient East Tragic deaths,… Continue reading 6 tales of terror from Ireland’s Ancient East

The Irish have been named the least sexy people in the world by readers of the Big 7 Travel Guide. When the travel site polled their readers, they asked them to pick the sexiest countries out of 50 options.

An Irish photographer has created a spectacular series of wildlife images after decades spent travelling the world. Graeme Purdy has managed to take photographs of some of world’s most stunning – and terrifying -creatures.

An Irish widow has been reunited with her daughter she gave up for adoption for the first time in over 60 years. Margaret Sweeney, 83, puts it down to the fact she would read her daughter’s horoscope every week.