June Edition 2005
 
 
 
 

A First For Sandwell
By Patrick McCool
The Sandwell Irish Community was celebrating on Saturday May 21st after crowning Kelly Bench, a 25 year old nursery nurse, the first Sandwell Rose...More

Seamus Moore Stars In Nottingham
By Douglas McDonald
Popular Kilkenney singer Seamus Moore made a welcome return to the Greyfriers Club, Nottingham...More

The Aston Hotel
Tom Lacey & Kim Billingham
By Brendan Mulvey
Picture the scene. He’s a restless, bored, 16 year old Co. Galway lad who’s in need of a change and a chance to prove himself. He’s torn between staying in his beautiful home town of Clifton or crossing the Irish sea to seek his fame and fortune in an industrialised, unfamiliar and possibly lonely place they call Birmingham...More

Michael Hannon - An Irish Gentleman Of Poetry
By Douglas McDonald
Michael Hannon was born in Dunmore in Co Galway in 1923. He went to the Christian Brother’s school in Skibbereen in Co. Cork in 1939 and completed his education in Tuam CBS one or two years later...More

Achill Island the Home of Singing Star James Kilbane
By Brendan Mulvey
When I began broadcasting on Mid West Radio’s Internet Service in February I always included a James Kilbane song. He has become very popular with listeners all over the world and I always have countless requests for his lovely songs. When I read out the requests for James’s songs I always mention where he lives on beautiful Achill Island...More

 


Cabbie Coughs Up €550 For Smoking In His Vehicle
A taxi man saw €550 go up in smoke yesterday when he became the first in Ireland to be prosecuted for lighting up a cigarette in his vehicle in violation of the law relating to smoking in public places.
Peter Edwards, of Rathkip, Ballina, Co. Mayo was caught by an environmental health officer smoking a roll-your-own cigarette while seated in his vehicle at the taxi rank on Pearse Street, Ballina on February 26 last.
He pleaded guilty to the offence and was instructed by Judge Mary Devins to pay €250 to the Irish Cancer Society as well as €300 costs incurred by the Health Services Executive which brought the prosecution.
Rapping King For Slane Castle
US Rap-star Eminem has been unveiled as the headline act for this year’s Slane Castle concert. The September 17 date follows a summer when the funds of music fans will be stretched if they want to catch most of the major gigs, including U2 and the Oxygen festival at Punchestown. Eminem Slane gig which is subject to a licence being secured, is the last European date of the star’s “Anger Management” tour and also features fellow rapper 50cent. The Slane concert is later than usual and is specifically arranged to fit in with the rapper’s tour schedule.
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