Since Northern Ireland’s formation in 1921, a unionist party has always had the most seats in Stormont. Winning a total of 27 seats compared to the Democratic Unionist Party’s 25, has paved the way for Sinn Féin leader Michelle O’ Neill to become the North’s first minister
All of this Eurovision disappointment got us thinking at the Circular – with a record seven Eurovision wins in our arsenal, we should celebrate each of the great songs that led us to European success. But, which one is the nation’s favourite?
The show suffered an 80% drop in ratings in less than a week after the first episode, averaging 61,700 viewers by the end of that first week. At one point, the new TV network was actually rated as having zero viewers for some of its primetime broadcasts.
While much of the concentration at this point may be focused on the exams themselves, students should also be mindful of the fact that as of May 5th, the CAO online change of mind form officially opened.
The two-tier pay structure in teaching once again came to the fore recently, as each of the national teaching unions held their annual conferences.
While the programme has transitioned to become more of a light entertainment, magazine-style presentation nowadays, it still has the ability to invigorate much of the public conversation and debate, all these years later.
Using archive footage from RTÉ Sport and elsewhere (with permission), “Put ‘Em Under Pressure”, The Story of Ireland and ‘Big Jack’ is an audio trip down memory lane to a time where football-fever gripped the nation and Ireland became the 6th best ranked team in the world.
Twenty-one years ago this week, on May 6th 2001, RTÉ’s Glenroe aired its final episode, concluding its eighteen year run. Set in the fictional rural Wicklow town of the same name, Glenroe was a window to much of the rest of the country as to what it was like to live in an agricultural, rural-based setting.
The GAA, like all major sporting organisations, has experienced a turbulent period throughout the course of the Covid-19 pandemic. From curtailed, shortened competitions across all
Thursday evening’s fixture in the Wexford Football League saw two teams with contrasting fortunes battle it out as the season’s close draws nearer.