Namaste! Dublin GAA Star & Yoga Instructor, Michael Darragh Macauley, the Face of New Yoga Exercise DVD for People with Lung Fibrosis

Dublin GAA footballer, yoga instructor and patron of the Irish Lung Fibrosis Association, Michael Darragh Macauley, is the face of a newly-launched yoga exercise DVD for people with lung fibrosis. Yoga has been shown to provide benefits to people with lung fibrosis in helping their health and well-being through improved breathing, mobility, flexibility, as well as through…

Cork’s Councils embark on awareness campaign in advance of the changes to Cork City’s boundary

Cork County Council and Cork City Council have begun an awareness campaign to ensure that the 85,000 citizens impacted are aware of the change which takes effect on May 31, 2019. Areas such as Ballincollig, Blarney, Tower, Glanmire, Douglas, Donnybrook, Grange, Frankfield, Rochestown and Togher are set to transfer from Cork County Council to Cork…

Cork entrepreneurs recognised for innovation in hospitality 

Patrick and Miriam Mulcahy of Ballinwillin House Farm in Mitchelstown, Co Cork have received the 2019 Innovation in Hospitality accolade at the Irish Hotel Awards. Now in its third year, the annual awards took place in Galway with over 300 guests representing hospitality professionals from across Ireland. The couple, who purchased the 18th-century Ballinwillin House in…

Deirdre Clune and Karen O’Reilly give their opinion on securing a better work-life balance for parents

Securing a better work-life balance for working parents has moved a step forward. MEPs voted in favour today of the agreement reached by the Council and the Parliament on the Work-Life Balance Directive. Ireland South MEP Deirdre Clune said: “This is a great step towards a better work-life balance for all working parents and towards…

The untold story of how one of the worst disaster’s at sea was followed by almost a century of silence in Belfast.

  Titanic Belfast – City of a Thousand Launches TG4 10th April 9.30pm Featuring extensive archive footage, survivor accounts and interviews with world renowned Titanic experts, City of a Thousand Launches is the untold story of how one of the worst disasters at sea was followed by almost a century of silence in Belfast.   While there…

Diplomat Northern Ireland Interview with the Consul General of the United States of America in Northern Ireland Elizabeth Kennedy Trudeau

Northern Ireland can boast of having the second oldest Consul General of the United States of America, established in 1796 during the Presidency of George Washington. Elizabeth Kennedy Trudeau, who arrived in Belfast towards the end of last year as the new Consul General, speaks with DIPLOMAT NI’s Jerome Mullen. JM. Thank you Consul General for…