Channel 4 recently launched a press release about an upcoming programme called London Irish, which will follow the lives of four young people from Northern Ireland living it up in the British capital. "For these four friends", the TV station's press release described, "it's not easy navigating their...

Last week as I made my way through Dublin's crowds to get a bus home, I passed by a well-dressed man walking from Abbey Street onto O'Connell Street. I would never have bothered to take notice of him if it weren't for what he clearly went out of his way...

"And how are we?"

"Better."

"Than?"

"Everyone."

Those few lines above - an exchange you could easily imagine in either Mean Girls or Gossip Girl - feature in the opening chapter of Gareth Russell's début novel, Popular. Set in today's Northern Ireland, Popular follows the story of four privileged Belfast...

Darren Shan is on the phone from his apartment in London, ready to start his tour of both the UK and Ireland to promote his new book, Zom-B. We briefly joke about how he has avoided a bad spell of heavy rains across his native Ireland by flying...

President of Ireland, Michael D. Higgins has given a platform to the youth of his nation, calling for their opinions and hopes to be heard on Ireland's future.

Using the tagline 'Take Charge of Change,' Being Young and Irish is a series of seminars organised by President Higgins whereby people...

Pierce Brosnan has turned his hand at learning a few words of Danish for his latest film, Love Is All You Need, which premiered at the Venice Film Festival earlier this week.

The Irish actor plays Philip, a successful English businessman based in Copenhagen, whose son is due to marry...

Jason Burke is the captain of his music band which practices on the Newtownards Road in east Belfast. He's been involved with the band for almost seven years, and is something he is both passionate and proud about. This isn't the type of music band, however, that plays the odd...