1+ week, 3+ day ago   (1087+ words) An Irish academic has just returned from a conference in Oslo, where she used a poster presentation to share information on a fascinating 1,000-year-old artefact found in Westmeath. The Ballinderry Gameboard was discovered in 1932 during archaeological excavations at Ballinderry, near…...

2+ week, 15+ hour ago   (300+ words) Earlier this year the broadcaster and TV presenter Sandi Toksvig travelled around Ireland filming a travel series for More 4. She visited places all around Ireland telling the stories of writers including Yeats, Swift, Heaney, Kavanagh and Maria Edgeworth. The programme…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago   (872+ words) It had long been understood that the statues in the life-sized Stations of the Cross at the Franciscan Friary in Multyfarnham, Co. Westmeath were modelled on local people. Now, research by the Ballinafid Multyfarnham Bunbrosna Active Retirement Association (BMB Active)…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (709+ words) Anytime big political news breaks across the country, never far from the action is Virgin Media's Gavan Reilly, who has become a regular on our television screens through the years. From the evening news to podcasts to challenging politicians on…...

3+ week, 12+ hour ago   (432+ words) Supermodel Cara Delevingne has unveiled the release date for her debut album and said she “cannot wait” for the public to hear her new songs. The 34-year-old is one of the most recognisable faces in the modelling world after her…...

3+ week, 12+ hour ago   (383+ words) Ridley Scott has said he sees himself as “not a filmmaker but an influencer”. The 88-year-old director has been behind films including Alien, Blade Runner, Thelma & Louise, Gladiator, Black Hawk Down and The Martian. He is one of the highest-grossing…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (319+ words) By Danyel VanReenen, Press Association Scotland Reporter Glasgow has been transformed into Gotham City once again for filming of The Batman: Part II. The film set has taken over Glasgow’s Bothwell Street as final preparations are made for filming. A glazing…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (746+ words) TV WEEK (Wednesday 19th to Tuesday 25th) Author and historian Simon Sebag Montefiore presents a three-part series uncovering the central role played by religion in creating and maintaining the power of the city of Rome. Casting aside its pagan gods, a radical…...

4+ week, 15+ hour ago   (89+ words) Tullamore Camera Club members have captured a series of incredible shots for their July theme, 'Still Life'. The winner, as chosen by the members, was Joan McKenna with her shot of a raindrop. Emil O'Hanlon Cohrt was runner-up with his…...

4+ week, 1+ day ago   (202+ words) ‘Istigh sa Teach: 100 years of Kilbeggan Households’ – one of the local events for National Heritage Week 2026 – aims to tell the story of the families who once lived it the town. Kilbeggan Town Team have organised the event and describe it…...