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Ursuline Thurles Chamber Choir come second in the prestigious Feis Ceoil Alice Yoakley Quirke Cup

Congratulations to Ursuline Chamber Choir, who came second in the prestigious Feis Ceoil Alice Yoakley Quirke Cup with a score of 92. The All Ireland Choir Competition was held virtually this year. Thanks to Star Systems, who recorded the Chamber ...

07 Apr 2022 at 21:33

Scotland

Glasgow sees multimillion-pound boost to economy from conferences

Scotland’s biggest city will receive a multimillion-pound boost to its economy thanks to conferences held there, new figures from Glasgow Convention Bureau revealed. In the last financial year, Glasgow recorded successful bids for 71 new ...

04 May 2022 at 01:25

Profit is why parts of Britain became creative wildernesses, says Channel 4 boss

A privately-owned Channel 4 will stick to licence requirements but will not “embrace its spirit,” its chief content officer has said. Plans for the sale were set out in a White Paper on Thursday, which argues “the right owner will ...

28 Apr 2022 at 21:55

Scotland

Local government workers willing to strike over pay, says union

Local government workers have indicated that they are prepared to take industrial action over pay, a union has said. Unison said an indicative ballot of members found that 89.8% of respondents said they would be willing to take ...

05 May 2022 at 09:25

Sarah Everard vigil organisers win High Court challenge against Met Police

The Metropolitan Police breached the rights of organisers of a vigil for Sarah Everard with its handling of the planned event, High Court judges have ruled. Reclaim These Streets (RTS) proposed a socially-distanced vigil for ...

11 Mar 2022 at 12:25

Scotland

Online ‘welcome hub’ launched for Hong Kong citizens moving to Scotland

A new online resource has been launched to encourage people from Hong Kong to come to Scotland. The introduction of Beijing’s national security law in Hong Kong led the UK to offer a route out of the territory for British ...

01 Feb 2022 at 03:25

Met Police ‘effectively vetoed’ planned Sarah Everard vigil, High Court hears

Senior Metropolitan Police officers considered that “perceived reputational risk”, rather than public health, was the biggest “threat” when the force decided to “effectively veto” a planned vigil for Sarah Everard, the ...

19 Jan 2022 at 17:56

Cop26 President Alok Sharma to urge countries to act on Glasgow agreement

Alok Sharma will urge countries to deliver on the pledges made at Cop26 so they are not “just words on a page” in his first major speech since the summit. Addressing stakeholders, business leaders and reporters at ...

24 Jan 2022 at 01:25

Sharma: countries must deliver on Cop26’s ‘fragile’ win with climate action

None of the pledges on climate action made at Cop26 will matter unless countries deliver on them, Alok Sharma has warned. Speaking at a Chatham House event in London on Monday, the Cop26 President said countries ...

24 Jan 2022 at 15:25

UN law meant UK was ‘attractive destination for asylum seekers’, New Labour told

New Labour’s attempts to tackle immigration were partly thwarted by a UN protocol which meant the UK was fundamentally deemed an “attractive destination” for asylum seekers, internal memos suggest. Home Office ...

19 Jul 2022 at 01:01

G7 leaders condemn ‘sham’ trials for Britons fighting in Ukraine

World leaders have condemned the “sham” trials which saw death sentences handed to two Britons for fighting Russian forces in Ukraine. Aiden Aslin, 28, originally from Newark in Nottinghamshire, and Shaun ...

27 Jun 2022 at 13:37

World

European court says young people’s climate case to be examined by top-tier panel

The European Court of Human Rights has said that a complaint against 33 countries filed by six young Portuguese climate activists will be examined by the tribunal’s top panel of judges, a move reflecting ...

30 Jun 2022 at 18:54

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