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TV service to Britain to cost €3 million a year

RTE’s new television service for the Irish community in Britain, RTE International, will cost €3 million a year, according to an article in the Sunday Business Post. The money will come out of existing TV resources. The newspaper reports that the national broadcaster fears that it will only break even this year, after a surplus… Continue reading TV service to Britain to cost €3 million a year

Summer school, book recall Fenians on 150th anniversary

2008 is the 150th anniversary of the birth of Fenianism, and Brendan O’Cathaoir notes in today’s “Irishman’s Diary” section of the Irish Times that the anniversary “is passing by largely unnoticed”. The Fenians were an Irish Republican organistion with branches in both Ireland and the US. As O’Cathaoir explains, the Famine exodus played a large… Continue reading Summer school, book recall Fenians on 150th anniversary

Member Publication: “Memories of the Past”

Ottawa’s Irish Drop-In Group has created a wonderful miscellany called “Memories of the Past: Stories and Recipes from Ottowa’s Irish Drop-In Group”. The eclectic collection of reminiscences, poems, jokes, photographs and more is a splendid insight into the lives of the 40+ seniors in the drop-in group, which meets every week at Margaret Mary’s Church… Continue reading Member Publication: “Memories of the Past”

Summer roundup: From Galway to Turkey, exhibitions reveal emigrants’ lives

Exhibition Roundup There are a number of interesting exhibitions that those interested in emigration might be interested in, no matter what part of the world you find yourself in this summer. Dublin: Strangers to Citizens: The Irish in Europe 1600-1800 is continuing at the National Library of Ireland through December 2008. It’s a fascinating look… Continue reading Summer roundup: From Galway to Turkey, exhibitions reveal emigrants’ lives