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News

Grave of Celtic great among those vandalised at St Conval’s

THE grave of Celtic great Tommy McInally was among those vandalised amid a horrifying act of vandalism in St Conval’s Cemetery in Barrhead, during which a number of headstones were attacked and a large crucifix was set on fire.

GAA Palestine denied chance to play

THE hopes of Palestinian children planning to travel to Ireland for a summer of sport amid the destruction and devastation surrounding them have been dashed after their visa applications were rejected.

Renaming of Easter Road stand ensures Pat Stanton is immortalised

A HIBS legend and a living link to the foundation of the club, no-one better embodies the history and spirit of the Edinburgh club, and now Pat Stanton has been honoured with the renaming of the East Stand at Easter Road.

Features

Revolution and vice cross paths

ON MARCH 12, 1925, the newly formed State police force, An Garda Síochána, launched a large-scale raid on Dublin’s notorious red-light district, the Monto, an operation ordered by Garda Commissioner William Murphy.

Talking about the art of dialogue

IN 1991 the sensation that was The Commitments arrived in our cinemas and on our bookshelves. The soundtrack of the movie was a number one album and sold in its millions internationally.

Canon Hannan was a man on a mission

TO COMMEMORATE the founding of the club on August 6, 1875, Hibernian FC has prepared an exhibition in the very place and on the very same day that the club was founded 150 years ago.

Comment & Opinion

Ireland is ready for EU Presidency challenge

Tánaiste SIMON HARRIS looks forward to Ireland assuming its eighth presidency of the EU in 2026.

Tired of the same old line about our train network

Twenty years ago, I was with colleagues in Dublin for a once -per-term meet-up of participants in a postgraduate psychotherapy course. It was organised across Northern Europe with students from Britain, Denmark, Iceland and Ireland.

Journalism is actually the first rough draft of history

IT IS perhaps the human condition to take for granted your good fortune. However, I have no excuse for failing to regularly remind myself that for the past 30 years, I’ve been able to call Ireland’s best-kept secret my homeplace.

As Gaeilge

Tá an samhradh linn!

BHUEL, a chairde, tá súil agam go raibh samhradh iontach agaibh go dtí seo. Bhí tús an-mhaith agamsa don samhradh ag obair ag Campa Samhraidh Chonradh na Gaeilge Glaschú.

‘Mol an óige agus tiocfadh siad’

‘MOL an óige agus tiocfadh siad,’ sin a deir an seanfhocal i nGaeilge. Seanfhocal a bhíonn ar m’intinn thart fán am seo achan bliain agus muid ag ullmhú fá choinne Campa Samhraidh Chonradh na Gaeilge Glaschú (ceart).

An iad Kneecap an scéal, i ndáiríre?

BHUEL, a chairde, agus mé ag scríobh i nGaeilge, is dócha nach dtig liom gan rud a rá faoi Kneecap agus an nuacht/chonspóid is déanaí atá ag leanúint thart orthu na laethanta seo.

Sport

Connollys Intermediate Ladies are laying down early markers

DUNEDIN Connollys Intermediate Ladies have been showing they might well be the team to beat in the North of Britain Championship after securing the first piece of silverware in Scotland.

Ceann Creige Camógs step it up

A LANDMARK year lies in wait for the Ceann Creige Camogie team—a first year playing Senior Camogie in the UK.

GAA Palestine denied chance to play

Entertainment

A devotion to three chords and the truth!

WELCOME back to a stramash in the goalmouth of Rock n Roll. This month, I’m delighted to introduce you all to my dear friend, co-writer and someone I admire greatly as both a singer and artist/performer, Glasgow’s very own rising superstar in country music, Kevin McGuire

All-Britain Fleadh points to a bright future for our musicians

THE All-Britain Fleadh took place during the last weekend of June and for those attending from Scotland they weren’t just bathed in sunshine, they were bathed with medals too.

A tale of intrigue set in rural Donegal

WHEN Glaswegian Paul O’Donaghue ends up in lockdown after travelling to a small village on the north coast of Donegal for his mother’s funeral, he’s not unduly worried.