Irish people

Athens' Irish community and its many friends will celebrate Ireland's national holiday at the annual Greek-Irish Society St Patrick's Day Gala Ball at the Hotel Grande Bretagne, Syntagma Square.

Singer Muireann Nic Amhlaoibh and fiddler Dónal O'Connor, two prominent figures in Irish traditional music, will be among the Irish acts performing at the 6th Athens Celtic Music Festival, which takes place over three days at the Athina Live venue (3 Poseidonos Ave., Moschato).

The EU Is Playing a Dangerous Game in Ukraine

An interview with Irish member of the European Parliament Clare Daly 

By James W. Carden

Up until late January Terry O'Toole was fielding a trickle of enquiries from Irish holidaymakers happy to settle for another summer at home in one of the cottages he manages in the scenic west coast region of Connemara.

Irish singer Sinead O'Connor has revealed she has renounced Catholicism and converted to Islam, taking the new name "Shuhada' Davitt."

I recently saw an article by Fintan O'Toole, one of Ireland's most respected senior journalists. It was headed "Why is Ireland unable to solve basic problems? Why is it so dysfunctional?" He went on to discuss the failure of the modern Irish state to respond to social crises, its reliance on big success stories to cover up its mistakes, and its inadequate health service.

Leo Varadkar, the right-wing son of an immigrant Indian doctor, has been formally elected Ireland’s youngest and first gay Taoiseach.
Accepting his elevation to the most powerful office in the country, the 38-year-old said: “I’ve been elected to lead but I promise to serve.”

Benjamin Cleary, who wrote, directed and edited the “Stutterer”, accepted the award with producers Serena Armitage and Shan Christopher Ogilvie, and Greek-Australian director of photography Michael Paleodimos.

Boomtown Rats singer Bob Geldof says that the younger generation is to blame for the terror attacks sweeping the world and conflicts in the Middle East. Speaking at the One Young World conference in Bangkok, Thailand, the frontman accused young people of having blood on their hands.

He said:

During U2’s concert at Barcelona’s Palau Sant Jordi arena last week, Penélope Cruz and her husband Javier Bardem got onstage and let loose dancing with Bono and the rest of the band for a few songs.