Published on 31/07/2026 – 16:04 GMT+2 Barack Obama has paid tribute to Irish singer-songwriter Glen Hansard while sharing his annual summer playlist for 2026. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT The former US President posted the selection of “some of the songs I’ve been listening to this summer”, adding: “It starts with a song Michelle and I love by…
DUBLIN – Kennedy Wilson (NYSE:KW) announced today the formation of a €2 billion residential joint venture with APG, acting on behalf of Dutch pension fund ABP and others, to develop and manage properties across Ireland. The venture encompasses more than 3,400 private rented homes across operating and development assets. Kennedy Wilson will acquire minority equity…
In Euronews Culture’s review of the film Kneecap, the award-winning biopic about the rise to fame of the Belfast rap trio, we called the comedy “fun, raucous and heartfelt”. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT The same could be said about their new album, ‘Fenian’ – but we’d add ‘scathing’, ‘layered’, and ‘very foul-mouthed’. Indeed, if Martin Scorsese’s The…
Kneecap have revealed the 12-minute short film ‘Irish Goodbye’, which also acts as the music video for the song of the same name, which features Kae Tempest. The song is written by member Móglaí Bap (real name Naoise Ó Cairealláin), inspired by the loss of his mother, Aoife Ní Riain, to suicide in 2020. It…
There’s no doubt about it, Larne are in a strong position to win a third Irish Premiership title in the space of four years. Haveron’s side only need a point against Dungannon Swifts to lift the Gibson Cup at Inver Park. Friday’s goalless draw at Glentoran was a big stride towards the title, as it…
Shorouk Express “My priority now is my health. Given that the election is in a short couple of months, I do not believe that I have the strength to give the campaign my all,” McGuinness said in a statement issued by her political party, Fine Gael. Her withdrawal means the centrist Fine Gael party, a…
Shorouk Express The UK Embassy is insisting Brits residing in Spain exchange their old green certificates for TIEs to avoid being labelled as overstayers under the EU’s upcoming EES system. But does this apply to Brits who’ve taken up Irish citizenship since Brexit? The British Embassy in Madrid on Tuesday wrote their third Facebook post…
