IN THIS WEEK'S IRISH POST (OUT NOW)
IN NEWS
Ireland’s 60-a-day habit
One person quits Ireland for Britain every 24 minutes, alarming new emigration stats obtained by The Irish Post reveal.
Figures show more than 400 people leave the country each week to move to Britain.
A poet’s life remembered
The funeral of the world-renowned poet Irish Seamus Heaney took place on Monday, in a moving ceremony at the Church of Sacred Heart in in Donnybrook.
The Irish in Britain paid tribute to a humble man and an extraordinary poet.
Manual labour has created “legacy of ill-health” among Irish in Britain
Decades of hard labour have “prematurely aged” vast swathes of Irish men, forcing them out of work and on to benefits, according to a leading Irish charity in Britain.
Lesley Ryan, who runs London Irish Centre’s welfare advice team, also referred to a story in last week’s Irish Post about huge wages being offered to tunnellers on London’s Crossrail sites, saying: “There is a reason they get that kind of money. The work takes such a toll on their health.”
The shopping trip that put a big smile on Dublin teen’s face
Trinity College Dublin student Aisling O’Dwyer has been plucked from thousands of entrants to be the face of Britain’s Colgate MaxWhite One.
The 18-year-old will now team up with Elite Model Management, who have previously discovered supermodels such as Gisele and Cindy Crawford.
Fan scores his TV goal down under
David Feeney, an Irish exile in Australia, has taken a leaf out of the book of Setanta Sports founders Leonard Ryan and Michael O’Rourke after negotiating the rights to this Friday’s Ireland versus Sweden World Cup qualifier.
O’Briain: ‘Voting from abroad feels intrusive’
Speaking exclusively to The Irish Post, Dara O’Briain reveals that he is uncomfortable with having a vote in an Irish Parliamentary election whilst being a tax-paying British resident.
The leading Irish comedian in Britain said: “I cannot support someone’s economic policy for a country I don’t live in because I won’t bear the brunt of what they do.”
IN ENTERTAINMENT
‘Nothing compared to leaving Georgia for Belfast’
In this week’s Rí Rá cover story, Katie Melua tells The Irish Post about having a breakdown, finding her voice as a songwriter and how Ireland changed her life.
Kodaline interview
When the jet-setting 4-piece were asked what the weirdest thing a Kodaline fan has ever done, the band replied: “There were two people in America who sold their beds to pay for flights to get to a show which we played.”
Omey Island: Last man standing
Ahead of a new photographic exhibition in Hackey, east London, we find out what possessed a former wrestler and global stunt performer to become the sole resident on an island off the coast of Connemara.
Bouncing back
Yvonne Keating is putting her failed marriage to Boyzone star Ronan behind her and moving into a career in TV, she tells Enda Brady.
Birmingham’s answer to the Sopranos?
The Irish Post’s film columnist Steve Martin reviews the opening episodes of Peaky Blinders. He described the show as containing “drama of uncommon quality”.
“So, lookin’ back Jimmy, what have you learned from The Commitments?”
Colourful character Jimmy Rabbitte returns in Roddy Doyle’s latest novel The Guts, which should herald a screen-return for actor Robert Arkins, argues Steve Martin.
The Commitments musical begins previews at the Palace Theatre in London later this month.
What’s on?
You may ask. Well you can find out with our round-up of all the best Irish-linked arts and entertainment events for the coming weeks.
IN SPORT
Ref calls foul at being frozen out
London’s leading GAA referee - Mattie Maher - says he will appeal to the Provincial Council of Britain if he does not receive satisfactory answers as to why he is not being given games to officiate.
London Irish pull-out special
Ahead of the opening weekend of Aviva rugby Premiership, we publish a four-page special giving the low-down on all you need to know about the Exiles ahead of their 2013/14 campaign.
Cork v Clare preview
The Irish Post Sport columnists give their predictions in our All-Ireland hurling final preview.
GAA bumper week
A series of crucial Championship matches were played last weekend. Read all the match reports in this week’s paper.
