Author: Michael Kehoe

President Michael D Higgins appeared on Irish TV to chat to Ryan Tubridy about a range of subjects – and charmed the nation in the process. Mr Higgins was on RTÉ’s Late Late Show and told Tubridy about his life as ‘young Michael on the farm’. The 75-year-old also said that he was relieved to… Continue reading President Michael D Higgins charms the nation on the Late Late Show

Most Irish voters are in favour of a United Ireland but not if means paying more tax. That was one of the main findings of a poll carried out by Behaviour and Attitudes and published in the Sunday Times newspaper. It found that two out of three voters (67%) would vote for a united Ireland… Continue reading Irish voters don’t want United Ireland if it means more tax

A BBC presenter has come under fire after managing to offend the entire Irish population during an interview about our Olympic heroes. Ironically, it was an all Irish affair as Irish presenter Maria McErlane appeared with Graham Norton on a BBC show and they discussed the O’Donovan brothers.

A pub in Co Roscommon has become Ireland’s cheapest pub after being sold in an online auction. The former Kilbride Inn was sold with a reserve price of between €28,000 and €32,000 by Allsop Online Auctions.

Shocking CCTV footage has shown how close a couple in Northern Ireland came to death after they strayed too far away from the beach and toward the railway tracks. The footage was taken from on board the train as it approached a tunnel at high speed.

There has been a surge in applications for Irish passports from British citizens as the fallout from Brexit continues. Britain’s vote to leave the EU has prompted thousands of British people of Irish descent to apply for Irish passports as they want to continue to enjoy the freedoms of being an EU citizen.

A hilarious video advises tourists to visit Co Longford as it as the ‘best mud in Ireland’. The spoof tourism video starts off with two men stood by a gate in the countryside. One tells the other that they have been told to say something good about Longford.

‘Death is nothing at all’ is a beautiful and very popular poem which is often recited at funerals in Ireland and across the world. It was written by the Reverend Henry Scott Holland in 1910 following the death of King Edward VII. It became instantly popular, partly because of its association with royalty but mostly… Continue reading Death is Nothing at All – the ‘royal’ funeral poem often recited in Ireland

American Catholics could swing the US election in Hillary Clinton’s favour and cost Donald Trump the Presidency. Or – depending on how you look at it – they could save America, and the world, by preventing the billionaire tycoon from becoming the most powerful man on the planet.

A hilarious video examines why the British media are always claiming Irish stars as their own. It can often seem that whenever an Irish person triumphs on the world stage, they will be claimed as British by the UK media.