IN THIS WEEK'S IRISH POST (Out now)
IN NEWS
Ireland’s health service will be as good as the NHS by 2018.
Irish Health Minister James Reilly promises that there will be “very little difference” between the NHS and its Irish equivalent in five years’ time.
The minister was responding to claims that the Irish in Britain are deterred from returning home by the fear that their healthcare will suffer as a result.
Fears unfounded as parade passes off without incident
The Liverpool St Patrick’s Day parade organised by republican group Cairde Na h Éireann passed off without incident despite fears it would be targeted by far-right groups.
Reporting from Merseyside, Robert Mulhern talks to the parade’s organisers and sources in Merseyside Police about why this weekend’s celebration did not see a repeat of the 2012 violence.
Liverpool’s new Police and Crime Commissioner also tells Fiona Audley that there is no room for anti-Irish racism in the city.
‘Ireland was not the place to be a young gay man’
Ahead of discussions whether Ireland should legislate for gay marriage, we speak to three gay people whose sexuality pushed them out of the country.
Second-generation Irish at greater risk of suffering mental health problems
Research claims that second-generation Irish people are at a greater risk of suffering from depression than the rest of the population.
Benefits reforms leading to huge suffering in the Irish community
Luton Irish Forum warns that benefit reforms for people with a long-term illness or disability could be causing vulnerable Irish people to fall into destitution without even knowing it.
IN ENTERTAINMENT
'A one-eyed man who opens up a record store on the most bombed street in Belfast'
Musician David Holmes on why he turned film producer for new movie, Good Vibrations
Competitions: Win Dublin Legends tickets and Scissor Sisters DVDs
Back in the zone
Interview: Keith Duffy of Boyzone
IN SPORT
Winter fixture?
Will there be more February Championship in 2014? Robert Mulhern investigates
Ruby Tuesday
Dougie Costello and Robert Mulhern review Cheltenham
Picture special
All the photos from London GAA, Parnells and Sons of Erin dinner dances
ALL THE ST PATRICK'S DAY PHOTOS
Free supplement with pictures from all the parades and events across Britain
