Veteran actor Hugh Quarshie said audiences today want to hear “authentic voices” from a spectrum of black communities. uarshie is starring in upcoming ITVX family drama series Riches, in which he plays self-made millionaire Stephen Richards. The six-part series revolves around what happens when patriarch Richards has a stroke and his American and UK children…
The BBC’s director of nations has defended cuts to local radio services as necessary to “keep pace with the way audiences are changing”. hodri Talfan Davies told the Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee that plans for stations to share more content and broadcast less programming unique to their areas are “fundamentally not about a…
Retired politician Alan Dukes has said anyone offended by his comments in RTÉ’s Quinn Country documentary “should be more offended” by the violence he referred to. he former Fine Gael leader and Justice Minister has come under fire for saying that people from border counties are quicker to violence than others. His comment met with anger…
Lionel Messi’s World Cup dream remains alive after Argentina dispelled fears of a premature group-stage exit from the World Cup with an ultimately convincing 2-0 victory over Poland on Wednesday. oland, despite a poor performance, also went through as Group C runners-up, pipping Mexico by the narrowest of margins on a dramatic night in Qatar….
Kalvin Phillips has revealed England assistant Steve Holland will make sure the players stay grounded heading into the World Cup knockout stages. he Manchester City midfielder came off the bench to tee up Marcus Rashford for his second goal in a 3-0 win over Wales on Tuesday night which saw England top Group B. Gareth…
The Northern Ireland fibre broadband firm founded by a former National Broadband Plan executive has won a £108m (€125.2m) deal to roll out state-subsidised broadband in northern England. he contract, with the British government, will see Conal Henry’s Fibrus paid to roll out fibre broadband to 60,000 premises in Cumbria, an area in the north…
SENIOR LADIES DIVISION 3 St. Annes 40 St Paul’s 46 This highly contested battle of the Saints took place Sunday in Farranfore. The Killarney girls got off to the better start to lead by six at the end of the first quarter. The second quarter was evenly contested and with 12 points for each side in…
Dublin’s community spirit remains strong, according to one of the stars of the new film, North Circular. he highly anticipated documentary from Dublin-based filmmaker Luke McManus hits cinemas nationwide this Friday, December 2. The award-winning feature travels the length of Dublin’s fabled North Circular Road, from the Phoenix Park to Dublin Port, and tells the story of…
New analysis from the Irish Hotels Federation (IHF) has underlined the challenges facing hotels and guesthouses into 2023, with spiralling business costs, reduced forward bookings compared to 2019, and a planned 50% increase in the tourism VAT rate at the end of February 2023. espite an uplift in tourism during 2022 following the pandemic, overall…
Didier Deschamps insisted Kylian Mbappe would have no problem with being benched for France’s final World Cup group game against Tunisia on Wednesday if the coach decides to rest his star striker. he reigning champions are all-but assured of top spot in Group D given their three-point advantage and vastly superior goal difference to second-placed…