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I was born in Portlaoise on the 4th of September 1932. I am the eldest of three children, my sister Lily and my brother Mattie were both born after me but unfor...

Senan Hogan speaks to the author of a book on Nurney about the changes he has witnessed

A Kashmir born woman settled in California has established an authentic Kashmir cuisine kitchen that home delivers mouth-watering dishes and a variety of fusion cuisine, reports Tahir Bhat A Kashmiri woman settled in the US is marketing authentic Kashmir foods and the business is surviving.

By Carmel Hayes AN enterprise hub with hot desks has been proposed for a long-derelict former convent in Stradbally. Cllr Paschal McEvoy received unanimous…

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 SRINAGAR : The Executive Chairman of J&K Legal Services Authority, Justice Ali Mohammad Magrey on Saturday inaugurated ‘Legal Literacy Club’ in Presentation Convent Hr. Sec. School, Rajbagh, here.The Executive Chairman on the occasion empha

The sale has been confirmed of the old Parochial House and site in Portlaoise.  The landmark site, across the road from SS Peter & Paul’s Church,...

Tullamores Little Coffee Hut is on the move Reporter: justin.kelly@iconicnews.ie Noel Keyes (with three-year-old son Aidan), Joe Grennan (volunteer), Mike Grennan, Anne Cantwell, Diarmuid Mollin, Geraldine Guinan and Brendan Scully pictured with Mark Smith, owner Little Coffee Hut );  ); The Killina Presentation Resource Centre is now home to the Little Coffee Hut mobile coffee unit, offering local residents and visitors the opportunity to purchase a hot beverage while catching up with frie...

“I wanted to claim Charlotte Brontë as one of our own because she is,” said Irish actress Maxine Linehan, who portrays Brontë, the author of Jane Eyre, in the one-woman show Brontë: A Portrait of Charlotte by William Luce. “Charlotte’s schoolmates have remarked that she spoke with an Irish accent,” says Linehan. “Her father, Patrick, was born in County Down at Emdale, Drumballyroney, near Rathfriland, about 20 miles from my own home place in Newry. The more research I did, the mo...

A former Offaly convent and school is set to be converted into a residential development as plans for the project have been unveiled. The Sophia Housing Associa...