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IRISH fashion and lifestyle designer Orla Kiely is to be honoured with a Presidential Distinguished Service Award. Based in London, the Dublin native - best-known for her retro prints and her iconic stem leaf design - is among the 2024 recipients of President Higgins' annual award. Tánaiste Micheál Martin announced the 10 recipients who will receive the award this week. They … [Read more...] about Orla Kiely and Seamus Coleman among Presidential Distinguished Service Award recipients for 2024

ORGANISATIONS serving older members of the Irish community in Britain have come together to support one another in promoting healthy ageing within the diaspora. An event hosted by Irish in Britain (IIB) brought groups from across the south of England to Kings Place in Kings Cross for their inaugural instalment of their new Healthy Ageing Project. Some 40 staff members working … [Read more...] about Healthy ageing among Irish community goes under spotlight at inaugural event

THE Irish Government has published a plan that sets out their framework to create an entirely bilingual public service by 2030. The National Plan for Irish Language Public Services 2024-2030 was released this week. It is the first of its kind in the history of the Irish state and it will be a central element of the nation’s intended move towards a bilingual public … [Read more...] about First ever national plan to ‘normalise Irish language’ in Ireland revealed

A 22-YEAR-OLD woman who was murdered at her home in Belfast had reported being a victim of violent crime to police weeks before her death. Mary Ward was found dead at her home in the city on Tuesday, October 1. The young woman was last seen alive on Wednesday, September 25 in Dungannon as well as in Grand Central Bus Station and Melrose Street in Belfast. A murder investigation … [Read more...] about Mary Ward was ‘victim of violent crime’ weeks before her murder Police Ombudsman reveals