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Bellshill girl among those who died in Dundalk car crash
AN OUTPOURING of grief has followed a shocking incident as five young people, including Chloe Hipson from Bellshill (above), were killed in a collision in Dundalk. Chloe, aged 21, died alongside Chloe McGee, 23, and Shay Duffy, 21, both from Carrickmacross, County Monaghan, Alan McCluskey, 23, from Drumconrath, County Meath and Dylan Commins, 23, from Ardee, County Louth. Three others—two men and a woman—are being treated for serious but non-life-threatening injuries. Chloe’s
Census report is released
THE Irish Consulate in Edinburgh, along with Irish In Britain, hosted the launch of the organisation’s report The Irish in Britain: Findings from the Analysis of the 2022 Census of Scotland.
Irish superstars to grace Celtic Connections
TRADITIONAL music heavyweights Sharon Shannon and Luka Bloom will be among the Irish artists showcasing their talents at next year’s Celtic Connections Festival in Glasgow.
Features
Telling Duntocher's story
IN 1816, landscape painter John Knox, travelled the 10 miles or so from Glasgow, to paint the Clyde from Faifley and Duntocher—two small settlements which were part of the parish of Old Kilpatrick. It was an early autumn scene, a rolling wooded hillside with a textile mill in the distance. It was pleasant, green and largely unoccupied. By the mid 1840s it was an entirely different picture.
How Sally became Castlebar’s megastar
IRISH literature has a long tradition of producing writers who capture the mood of the times that we live in. Jonathan Swift’s Gulliver’s Travels is a classic searing satire of Georgian Britain’s greed and moral bankruptcy. In every era writers have emerged from Erin’s shores as voices who have been able to chronicle the experiences of a generation and articulate their concerns.
Six of the best that Belfast has to offer
WHEN you think of Belfast, there’s always a sense of grandiosity attached to it—be that in its famous sons and daughters, its buildings and even in the famed ship built there, The Titanic.
Comment & Opinion
A great year for Irish-Scottish relations
THE year 2025 was a notable year one for Irish-Scottish relations. The Consulate has seen the highest number of inward ministerial visits from Ireland, with six visits to Glasgow, Edinburgh, Stirling and Aberdeen in areas ranging from special and inclusive education to cultural cooperation.
Time is the most important gift you can give
THIS time of year is known as the season of goodwill and that phrase may be one that, for some, has lost a little meaning in recent times.
Far-right must be reminded they’re wrong
DUBLIN—a city once described by novelist Brendan Behan as holding ‘familiarity without friendship’—now finds its residents asking the haunting question: ‘Why me?’ This comes in the wake of a series of violent attacks targeting members of Ireland’s immigrant communities throughout the summer of 2025.
As Gaeilge
Céiliúradh i ndiaidh Céiliúradh
BHUEL, a chairde, nach mbíonn na hoícheanta iontach fada na laethanta seo agus nach mbíonn an aimsir gruama den chuid is mò? Bhuel, bíonn, is dócha, ach tá mise ag rá libh gan bac le sin agus gan a bheith gruama ionat féin ag an am céanna. Cad chuige? Bhuel, nach é seo an t-am den bhliain a bhíonn céiliúradh i ndiaidh céiliúradh againn? Is é. Muna chreideann tú mé, smaoinigh ar seo: ní fada uainn an Nollaig, agus ansin tagann na féilte go gasta chugainn ina dhiaidh sin.
Uachtarán Éireannach gan Gaeilge?
MAR is eol duit is dócha, beidh toghchán Uachtarán na hÉireann ar siúl ag deireadh na míosa seo agus muid ag fágáil slán, ar an drochuair, le Mícheál D Ó hUigínn, duine a cheap mé a bhí iontach sa ról—duine a bhfuil an-tóir air agus nach raibh eagla air ábhair dheacra a phlé ó am go ham fosta.
Ag freagairt ceisteanna céannachta
BHUEL, a chairde, is deas a bheith ar ais libh tar éis an tsamhraidh. Tá súil agam gur bhain sibh sult as an samhradh! Tá muid ag druidim le tús théarma nua ranganna Gaeilge agus gníomhaíochtaí eile de chuid Chonradh na Gaeilge Glaschú go luath, i mí Mheán Fómhair—féach thíos le haghaidh tuilleadh sonraí fúthu seo—Chuir seo scéal nuachta ón samhradh i gcuimhne dom.
Sport
Harps hope to grow girls and ladies teams in 2026
TÍR CONAILL Harps GFC are making a major play in 2026 to get more women and girls involved with the club.
All roads lead to Cheltenham
IN NATIONAL Hunt Racing all roads lead not to Rome, but to Cheltenham. The four-day festival, held in March each year, has evolved and grown to such significance that discussions and analysis now start many months in advance.
Anything could become of Hibs’ season
HIBS enter the Christmas period of fixtures in fifth place in the league, curiously sitting 12 points above the relegation play-off spot and eight points off second place, so, literally anything could become of the Hibees’ 2025/26 league campaign.
Entertainment
Time is the most important gift you can give
THIS time of year is known as the season of goodwill and that phrase may be one that, for some, has lost a little meaning in recent times.
Shane’s spirit and soul have stayed with Victoria
THIS month, I’ve speaking with my dear friend Victoria Mary Clarke, an incredibly successful author, artist and journalist and wife of the late Shane MacGowan of The Pogues.
Irish superstars to grace Celtic Connections
TRADITIONAL music heavyweights Sharon Shannon and Luka Bloom will be among the Irish artists showcasing their talents at next year’s Celtic Connections Festival in Glasgow.
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