Irish
Convicted Murderer Returns To Thai Hell
By Proinsias MacPheadar
On
July 14, 1977 – three years after his arrest – Irishman Colin
Martin was convicted in Thailand of the murder of 40-year-old New Zealander
Bret Holdsworth, a bodyguard to an Irish “businessman, conman and
crook” named Gerry O’Connor, who had ripped him off.
The father of four from Crossmaglen, south Armagh, spent almost eight
years in the notorious rat-infested, disease-ridden ‘Bangkok Hilton’ prison
where many say hell was spawned...More
Irish
Quarter A Reality In Five Years
By
Enda
Mullen
THE TRANSFORMATION Of Birmingham's Irish
Quarter will not come at the expense of the area's unique identity.
That is the verdict of regeneration chiefs spearheading the programme
to develop the area...More
Entertainers Cheer
up Prison
By Noel
Mulvey
Last month I was approached
by Charlie Sweeney, a chaplain at Rye Hill Prison, himself
from Donegal, about an Irish afternoon at the prison for the
Irish inmates. He was very up front, he had no money to pay
for entertainers, I told him to leave it with me and see what
I could do...More
Beautiful
Bundoran Home of Brian McEniff
By Brendan
Mulvey
I
had the pleasure of joining Michael Collins and his Coach Party
from Birmingham during their visit to Bundoran back in August.
The group were staying at the towns Holyrood Hotel. One evening
when we returned to the hotel after a visit to Glenveagh National
Park Brian Mc Eniff the Hotel’s Proprietor was in the Reception
area, I know Brian for quite some time and was pleased to introduce
him to Michael Collins and some members of his party, Brian had
a real Cead Mile Failte for Michael and his party...More
No
Pain, No Glory! For Paddy
By
Enda Mullen
Solihull iron man Paddy Doyle is set
to star in a documentary about his life co-written and produced
by former BBC Radio WM broadcaster Malcolm Boyden.
Paddy is officially the World's Fittest Athlete, and in between
his world record endurance endea-vours he runs an access
to the military course at Solihull College...More |
