FOR three decades, Flook have been at the cutting edge of folk music, blending dynamic energy with inventive musicality. There’s a chance to see them at the Todmorden Folk Festival on May 3. They’ll ...

Chicken today, feathers tomorrow. That’s how my mother described life with my father, James McQuilan Stewart, a Belfast-born charmer whose love of literature led to my career as an advertising writer.

On November 17, 2024 a group of runners from the US, Ireland and Ethiopia stepped up to the starting line of the Great Ethiopian Run, in that country’s capital, Addis Ababa, known as Africa’s largest ...

TÁNAISTE Simon Harris has said his thoughts are with those killed and injured during an incident in Vancouver in which a man drove an SUV into a crowd at a street festival. Vancouver Police say nine ...

Liam Neeson’s career has skyrocketed in recent years, beginning with his starring role in the celebrated movie Schindler’s List which led to a nomination for an Academy Award. The County Antrim-born ...

Actor Patrick Muldoon was introduced to the hit show Melrose Place in its season finale. But he attracted so much attention that Aaron Spelling, the show’s creator, signed him to an exclusive ...

In his years as Archbishop of New York, John O’Connor has established a reputation as one of the most effective communicators in the history of the Catholic Church in the U.S. The cardinal has been ...

Brain O’Dwyer, a partner in the law firm O’Dwyer and Bernstien, has represented many famous clients, winning some judgments of more than one million dollars. He is also a strong advocate for immigrant ...

Academy Award-nominee Cathy Moriarty gained national prominence when she starred opposite Robert De Niro in the classic Raging Bull, the role for which she was nominated. Most recently, Moriarty ...

Following his extraordinary performance as Matthew Poncelet, a convicted murderer waiting execution in Tim Robbins’ Dead Man Walking, Sean Penn’s latest project, a film biography of Brendan Behan ...

Journalist and author Conor O’Clery has been responsible for bringing Irish readers a refreshing and in-depth view of Washington and America with his columns in the Irish Times newspaper. As ...

When Richard Riley was nominated as U.S. Secretary of Education in December 1992 he was unanimously confirmed, gaining bipartisan support. Being responsible for the future of America’s children is no ...