Etiket: Irish
Shane MacGowan: The Irish President is also coming to the funeral
The Pogues singer is scheduled to be buried in County Tipperary on December 8th. Following the news of Shane MacGowan’s death, information regarding his funeral has now been announced. The…
Folk singer Shane MacGowan gave Irish folk music a new face
With the ragged voice of a drunk, Shane MacGowan sang traditional Irish folk with the raw, fast energy of punk. In the band The Pogues in the 1980s he sang…
Irish police arrest 34 people after violent protests in Dublin
Irish police have arrested 34 people after violent protests in the Irish capital Dublin on Thursday evening. Police Commissioner Drew Harris said during a press conference that 32 of them…
Irish man who attacked children with knife “had no terrorist motive”: calm returned to Dublin after riots by far right
Order has largely been restored in Dublin after the Irish capital was rocked on Thursday evening by riots that broke out following a knife attack that injured five people, including…
Body without arms on beach in New York: probably Irish filmmaker Ross McDonnell (44)
The police made a macabre discovery last Friday. A human torso with only legs was found on a beach in New York City. The remains have yet to be officially…
Hamburg Irish legionnaire Pöhls in an interview: Champion with the Rovers
Rovers goalkeeper from Hamburg Successful German players abroad? Names like Toni Kroos, Marc-André ter Stegen or Kai Havertz immediately come to mind. But there is also someone in Ireland who…
Belgium quietly tried to increase its gambling profits: National Lottery wanted to buy Irish Lottery worth 350 million euros | Domestic
The Irish Lottery in Belgian hands. It could have just happened. The National Lottery has quietly tried to buy the Irish Lottery. Price tag? A whopping 350 million euros. A…
Songs in Gaelic and Irish bagpipes: the English baroque composer Purcell ‘goes Celtic’ at the NBE
Wooden bar with bar stools, pub tables and chairs, and those cute café table lamps made of colored glass. There’s even one in the wing. A large wooden room with…
702 singer Irish Grinstead dies aged 43
The R&B singer had been struggling with health problems for a long time. Irish Grinstead, a member of the R&B group 702, has died aged 43. Grinstead’s sister and band…
Vera Pauw leaves after four years as Irish national coach, expiring contract not renewed
Vera Pauw will not continue as national coach of Ireland. The Football Association of Ireland decided on Tuesday not to renew her expiring contract. The union did not give a…