Podcasts about uachtar

Claire O'Meara is getting ready to bring the joy of line dancing to communities across Clare, with four new classes starting in September in Kilrush, Ennis, Clarecastle and Cratloe.   But for Claire, it's about much more than learning dance steps — it's about getting active, meeting people, building friendships and supporting mental wellbeing.   She recently brought 25 dancers to Áras an Uachtaráin, where they met President Catherine Connolly.  Claire joined Alan Morrissey to tell us more about the classes and the community behind the dancing.  Photo (c) Claire O'Meara via Facebook

Tá imní ag méadú go bhféadfadh galar na teanga gorma, a théann i bhfeidhm ar chaoirigh agus ar eallach, scaipeadh níos faide in Éirinn.

D'fhéadfadh mic léinn atá i dteideal oideachas tríú leibhéal in aisce a bheith ag íoc os cionn €16,000 le dhuil ag an gcoláiste i mbliana, sin ardú beagnach €500 ó anuraidh, de réir taighde nua atá déanta ag Switcher.ie

Nuacht Mhall. Príomhscéalta na seachtaine, léite go mall.*Inniu an t-ochtú lá de mhí Lúnasa. Is mise Alanna Ní Ghallachóir.Tá an Iaráin agus Óman tar éis teacht ar shocrú ag díriú ar chúrsa do longa frí Chaolas Hormuz, agus oíche Dé Céadaoin, bhí siad ag cur bailchríoch ar phlean chun an pasáiste a chomhbhainistiú, a dúirt urlabhraí thar ceann aireacht gnóthaí eachtracha Tehran. Ghabháil an Iaráin seilbh de facto ar an chaolas, atá ina uiscebhealach straitéiseach don tradáil fuinnimh domhanda, ó thosaigh na Stáít Aontaithe agus Iosrael ionsaí in aghaidh na hIaráine ar 28 Feabhra i mbliana. Tá sé ráite ag Uachtarán na Stát Aontaithe arís agus arís eile go bhfuil an-dúil ag an Iaráin i mbeart a dhéanamh leis an chúrsa a athfhoscailt do loingeas, ach séanann an Iaráin é seo agus deir go ndéanfaidh siad socruithe lena gcomharsa traschaolais, Óman. Roimh an chogadh, chuaigh thart ar an chúigiú cuid den ola domhanda agus onnmhairí LNG frí Hormuz, agus tharla borradh praghsanna arís agus arís eile ó thús an aighnis faoin uiscebhealach, ag cur leis an bhrú geilleagrach agus polaitiúil ar Washington críoch a chur leis an chogadh. Gabhadh bean i lár Londan as ionsaí sá “fánach” ar cheathrar fear le linn na seachtaine, eachtra a bhí ina hionsaí “scoite” a bhain le meabharshláinte, de réir póilíní. Tharla an t-ionsaí ag am lóin in Covent Garden, ceantar túrasóireachta na príomhchathrach atá lán le tithe tabhairne, amharclanna agus bialanna. Fuair beirt fhear cóir leighis san ospidéal le haghaidh gortuithe nár chur i mbaol a mbáis iad. Coinníodh an bhean faoi choimeád tar éis di a ghabháil as arm ionsaitheach a bheith ina seilbh, a chreidtear gur siosúr a bhí ann, agus as ionsaí a dhéanamh. Dé Domhnaigh seo caite, cuireadh tús oifigiúil le ceiliúradh cheol agus chultúr na hÉireann i lár Bhéal Feirste, agus baineadh triail as uaireanta foscailte breise do shiopaí. Rithfidh Fleadh na hÉireann go dtí an Domhnach 9 Lúnasa, le breis agus 200 imeacht agus 180 comórtas ceoil ag ionaid éagsúla, tithe tábhairne agus ar na sráideanna. Meastar gur tháinig 170,000 cuairteoir chuig lár na cathrach Dé Domhnaigh agus 165,000 Dé Luain, agus táthar ag súil go sárófar an réamh-mheas roimh ré de 800,000 cuairteoir. Seo í an chéad bhliain inar tharla an fhéile cheoil bhliantúil i mBéal Feirste agus an darna huair a raibh sí lonnaithe i dTuaisceart Éireann, tar éis di a bheith i nDoire in 2013. Fógraíodh an t-imeacht i mbliana mar an t-imeacht ina bhfuil an éagsúlacht chultúrtha is fearr i stair na féile, le rannpháirtíocht trasphobail agus ceiliúradh traidisiún um Tuaisceart Éireann agus níos faide i gcéin. *Léirithe ag Conradh na Gaeilge i Londain. Tá an script ar fáil i d'aip phodchraolta.*GLUAISbailchríoch - finishing touchesloingeas - shippingionsaí sá - stabbing attackgortuithe nár chur i mbaol a mbáis iad - non life-threatening injuriesréamh-mheas - projectionrannpháirtíocht trasphobail - cross-community participation

Choosing the Struggle by Martina AndersonLast Saturday a packed St. Mary's gave a huge welcome to Martina Anderson who was launching her personal and hugely important autobiography – Choosing the Struggle. This is an honest and heartfelt account of Martina growing up in Derry, her experience of poverty, witnessing the excesses of the British Army and RUC and the injustice of the northern state, and deciding to take a stand against these by joining the Irish Republican Army.It is wonderfully well written with her description of her arrest and imprisonment in England, and of the conditions ion which she and her friend and comrade Ella O'Dwyer were held, a reminder of the terrible conditions that Irish POWs endured.Martina's account of her decision to seek a termination of a pregnancy and of the years of brutal strip searches are deeply personal and moving. Her experiences with Ella in Durham prison are especially shocking.Martina sees herself as an activist – in whatever area of struggle she is engaged. She is an Irish Republican who believes that the future of the island of Ireland lies in securing our right to self-determination and Unity.As an MEP she played a leadership role in the campaign to defend the Good Friday Agreement, and force the then Irish government of Enda Kenny to challenge the British government following the disastrous Brexit referendum vote. And she led the diplomatic offensive to secure a special drsignated status for the North.As her friend Eibhlín Glenholmes writes in the Foreword: “This book is also threaded in her love stories. A love for her husband Paul, of the indefatigable Anderson family, of her people, of her comrades, of the future New Irelanders who will reap what she and other women have sown – the seeds of a just and equitable society where every voice is heard.” Well ssid Eibhlín. And well done Martina.Choosing the Struggle is published by Beyond the Pale Books. It is available through An Fhuiseog, 55 Bóthar na bhFál, BT12 4PD and https://sinnfeinbookshop.com/ Women's Voices, Hopes for the Future:Áras Uí Chonghaile was packed to capacity on Tuesday for the launch of Women's Voices, Hopes for the Future a new book published by Sinn Féin's Commission on the Future of Ireland, and Edited by Grace McDermott and Aoife Ferguson.Uachtarán Shinn Féin Mary Lou McDonald praised the 62 women who contributed to the book which was, she said an “important opportunity to bring women's voices from the margins to the centre of the conversation about Ireland's future.”The focus of Women's Voices, Hopes for the Future is the new Ireland. What kind of future Ireland do women envisage? The book is a contribution to this conversation and seeks to amplify the diverse voices of women and girls across Ireland and the diaspora.Women have been in the leadership of the struggle for Irish freedom and self-determination. They have been champions for change. Women like Mary Ann McCracken and Winnie Carnie, Constance Markievicz and Máire Drumm, Mairead Farrell and too many others to name. This book challenges all of us to imagine a future that is more equal, more inclusive and more representative of all who share this island.I want to thank all of the women who contributed to the book and when a book signing takes place in your area I would encourage you to get this remarkable book which is full of new ideas, great ideas, for the new Ireland.Women's Voices is available through An Fhuiseog, 55 Bóthar na bhFál, BT12 4PD and https://sinnfeinbookshop.com/The book will also be launched at the Derry Féile by Leas Uachtarán Shinn Féin Michelle O'Neill in Cultúrlann Uí Chanáin, Derry on the 12th August at 2.30pm.More details and other launches will be announced soon. Mary DohertyLast Friday I travelled to Carraig Airt in North Donegal to [join my friend and comrade Pat Doherty as he buried his wife Mary. I knew Mary well. She was originally from Mayo and met Pat in the early 1960s in the Gorbals in Glasgow. They married in 1967 and would have celebrated 59 years together next week.As Uachtarán Shinn Féin Mary Lou McDonald said in her oration Mary was “unique, brave, irreplaceable. She was fierce. She stood her ground. Stood by her beliefs. By her friends. And she loved her family ferociously.”Mary and Pat arrived back in Ireland as the Civil Rights campaign grew into mass street protests across the North and just a year before British soldiers were sent onto those same streets. Together they took a stand against the prejudice, discrimination and oppression they witnessed in the North. Thus began a lifetime of activism in the Republican struggle.Pat contested his first general election in 1989 and then three European elections for Sinn Féin. He became an MLA in 1998. In 2001 Pat became Sinn Féin MP for West Tyrone. Mary was at the heart of each of those campaigns.  I want to extend my deep condolences to Mary's children; Maria, Rosaleen, Kathleen Anne, Danny and Michael. And to her grandchildren; Aoife, Ultán, Daithí, Ruairí, Aoise, Dearbhla, Laoise, Pádraig, Óonagh, Daniel, Mikey and little Gracie. 

A thuairimí maidir le conas is féidir bainistiú éifeachtach a dhéanamh ar na cnoic. Ana chuid tinte sléibhe tarlaithe le déánaí, thar lear agus ar Shliabh na mBan anseo in Éirinn

Ómós á thabhairt ag Seán Ó Ceallaigh dá chara Liam Ó Néill, Iar-Uachtarán an CLG, atá imithe ar shlí na fírinne

Nuacht Mhall. Príomhscéalta na seachtaine, léite go mall.*Inniu an chéad lá de mhí Lúnasa. Is mise Gwyneth Nic Aidicín Ní Loingsigh.Tar éis seachtó cúig bliain briseadh an mhallacht a bhí ar fhoireann peile Chontae Mhaigh Eo. Tá ceiliúradh fós ar siúl ar fud an chontae beagnach seachtain ón mbua mothúchánach i gCluiche Ceannais Peile na hÉireann Dé Domhnaigh seo caite. D'imir an fhoireann in aghaidh na gcuradh, Ciarraí, a bhí ag tnúth leis an gcorn a bhuachaint don daicheadú huair.. Ag tús an chluiche bhí cuma láidir ar Chiarraí ach tháinig Maigh Eo ar ais ag troid agus lean cluiche sceitimíneach, lán le teannas. Ar deireadh bhuaigh Maigh Eo le cúl amháin agus fiche cúilín in aghaidh cúl amháin agus seacht gcúilín déag ag Ciarraí. Ag imirt ar an lá bhí roinnt imreoirí óga a raibh aird mór orthu, go háirithe Kobe McDonald, mac le Ciarán McDonald a d'imir i gceithre chluiche ceannais gan an bua a fháil i rith a ghairme féin, trí cheann díobh i gcoinne Chiarrai. Lá speisialta a bhí ann don iar-imreoir Andy Moran a thóg Corn Mhig Uidhir abhaile ina chéad bhliain mar bhainisteoir. Beidh deis eile ag Ciarraí an bua a bhaint amach i gCluiche Ceannais Peile na mBan, a bheidh á imirt i bPáirc an Chrócaigh amárach, an dara lá de mí Lúnasa, idir Ciarraí agu Gaillimh.Tá ómós á thabhairt ó gach cearn den domhan tar éis bhás tragóideach an cheoltóra Glen Hansard maidin Dé Céadaoin ag aois 56. Basaíodh é i dtimpiste gluaisrothair agus é ag taisteal abhaile ó theach tábhairne darb ainm The Wren's Nest sna Ceapóga Sú Talún, áit a raibh sé ag seinnt níos luaithe san oíche. Tá cáil ar Hansard as a mbanna ceoil The Frames, a bhunaigh sé in 1990, as a chuid saothar mar cheoltóir aonair agus as rólanna sna scannáin The Commitments agus Once. Bhuaigh sé Oscar le Markéta Irglová don amhrán nuachumtha is fearr dá amhrán “Falling Slowly” ar fhuaimrian Once. Bhí clú air freisin as a chuid gníomhaíochais agus daonchairdis. Tháinig na mílte daoine le chéile i mBaile Átha Cliath sna laethanta tar éis a bháis ag buscáil ina onóir. Beidh tórramh poiblí dó i mBaile Átha Cliath Dé Luain agus sochraid phríobháideach Dé Máirt. Beidh sé i gcuimhne go háirithe ag a bhean chéíle Maire Saaritsa agus a mhac óg.Tá brú mór ar Uachtarán FIFA Gianna Infantino tar éis dó plean a fhógairt chun chuid de chomhlacht Chorn an Domhain a dhíol le hinfheisteoirí príobháideacha. Dhiúltaigh roinnt cumann an plean, lena n-áirítear cumainn ón Eoraip, ón Áis, ó Mheiriceá Thuaidh agus Láir, agus ó réigiún Mhuir Chairib. Dúirt UEFA nach n-imreoidh aon fhoireann Eorpach i gcluichí FIFA go dtí go bhfuil stop iomplán curtha leis an bplean. D'éirigh comhairleoir Infantino Carlos Cordeiro as a ról mar agóid freisin. Seans mór go gcaillfidh Infantino a phost mar Uachtarán FIFA mar thoradh air seo, agus stair chonspóideach aige cheana sa ról. Beidh foireann na mban na hEireann ag tnúth le réiteach go háirithe, agus deis acu cáiliú do Chorn an Domhain ag teacht go luath.mallacht - cursebua mothúchánach - emotional victoryna Ceapóga Sú Talún - Strawberry Beds infheisteoirí - investors

Cuirfear tús an deireadh seachtaine seo le Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann, a bheidh ar siúl i mbliana i mBéal Feirste. Ón Domhnach, go ceann seachtaine, cuirfidh Béal Feirste fáilte roimh suas le 800,000 cuairteoir a thiocfaidh ó cheann ceann an domhain.

Deir Ó Beirn go bhfuil deis anois agus Uachtaránacht an Aontais Eorpaigh ag an tír seo, aird a dhíriú ar na fadhbanna móra in earnáil iascaireachta na tíre.

Dúirt Comhaltas na Macléinn in Ollscoil na Gaillimhe go mbeidh cúrsaí lóistín ina chíor thuathail i nGaillimh an Fómhar seo nuair a chuirfear tús leis an téarma nua ollscoile.

Bhí cruinniú ag Uachtarán Zelensky na hUcráine agus cruinniú ag Príomh Aire Iosrael Benjamin Netanyahu leis an Uachtarán Trump sa Teach Bán inné.

President Connolly hosted a lunch for the Governor-General of Australia, H.E. Ms. Sam Mostyn in Áras an Uachtaráin. hosted a lunch for the Governor-General of Australia, H.E. Ms. Sam Mostyn in Áras an Uachtaráin.

Andy BurnhamAs I conclude this column on Monday afternoon Andy Burnham is taking up his position as British Prime Minister. As I dispatch these lines he is addressing the media and supporters outside 10 Downing Street. I wish him well. I also hope he will be the last British Prime Minister to interfere in Irish affairs. Our ambition is for the people of Ireland to govern ourselves. As soon as possible. When that happens we will govern Ireland in the interests of Ireland. Mr Burnham, like every British PM governs in the interests of the English establishment. He like his predecessors is a Unionist. Let's work to ensure that he is the Prime Minister who ends the Union.‘Women's Voices, Hopes for a New Ireland'Féile an Phobail is the launch pad each year of exiting new projects, and especially new books. One such book this year is ‘Women's Voices, Hopes for a New Ireland.' The book is published by Sinn Féin's Commission on the Future of Ireland and will launched at 1pm on 4th August in Áras Uí Chonghaile by Uachtarán Shinn Féin Mary Lou McDonald TD.The book is compiled and edited by Grace McDermott and Aoife Ferguson and is an innovative collection of contributions from 62 women across Ireland and the diaspora sharing their hopes for the future and a new Ireland.The women are drawn from all sections of society. They are writers, actors, musicians, community workers, political activists, health workers. They include Protestant voices. This book is a mixture of written contributions, poetry, song lyrics and artwork. They reflect the experiences of these women to partition and a society that has often held them down, treated them as second-class citizens and pushed them to the margins of history.The book is being launched at this years' Féile an Phobail. The launch will be ion 4th August in Áras Uí Chonghaile on 4 August. You can register to attend here: Women's Voices- Hopes for a New Ireland Tickets, Tuesday, August 4  •  1 PM - 2 PM | EventbriteIt will also be launched at the Derry Féile on the 12 August in Cultúrlann Uí Chanáin, 37 Great James Street Derry BT48 7DF at 2pm and other events are being planned.It will be available from An Fhuiseog 55 Bóthar na bhFál, BT12 4PD, https://anfhuiseog.ie/And https://sinnfeinbookshop.com/Water Crisis in GazaImagine in the midst of this very hot, and dry weather you did not have access to fresh drinking water. Could not have a shower or bath. Wash clothes. Prepare food. Make tea or coffee whenever you want. Fill a water container for storage  in the fridge for a cold drink. Have a fridge?That is the reality of life for almost two million women and children and men living in the Gaza Strip. Israel's genocidal policies has resulted in the deliberate and targeted destruction of water, sanitation and hygiene systems (in Gaza. It has created a humanitarian catastrophe. This is especially true for women who are pregnant or are menstruating. According to a recent Oxfam report, women cannot get the water they need to keep clean and hydrated.It reports that the extensive damage to water networks, treatment facilities, and sewage systems “has crushed water production, so it is a fraction of pre-October 2023 levels.” In addition, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) has revealed that Gaza's water production has dropped to less than a quarter of what it was three years ago and that 89% of water plants and sewage facilities “have been destroyed or partially damaged.”For a family in the west it's a simple matter to turn the water tap on to access all you need. In Gaza average daily use of water per person has dropped from the minimum humanitarian standard of 15 litres per day to around three litres.Rubber Bullet injures Marwan BarghoutiRegular readers will know that I have written recently on several occasions about the imprisonment and torture of Palestinian prisoner Marwan Barghouti. Marwan, now aged 67, has been held in Israeli prisons for 24 years after a widely criticised show trial in 2002. He is a senior leader in Fatah and is viewed by Palestinians as their Nelson Mandela.Over the years he has endured significant brutality but the most recent occurred in Ganot prison several weeks ago when a prison guard entered his cell and shot him in the leg with a rubber bullet. During the decades of conflict in the North rubber and plastic bullets were frequently used by the RUC and British Army. They were an attempt to terrorise citizens. Seventeen people were killed by rubber and plastic bullets. Eight of these were children and all but one was from nationalist areas.However, the Israeli rubber bullets are of a significantly different design to those used here. Israel's rubber bullets are “steel covered with a thin rubber coat.” They cause more fatalities and life changing injuries.Marwan's son Arab Barghouti, said the family only learned about the incident from his father's lawyer and that Barghouti had not received medical treatment for the injury. Two weeks ago the Arab League called for an international commission of inquiry into what it said were "repeated assaults" on Barghouti. So support freedom for Marwan Barghouti. Log on to https://freemarwan.org/Methodism and the Peace Process‘From Feakle to the Falls and Derry's Wall - Methodism and the Peace Process, 1985-2025 by David Gallagher is an important book and a significant contribution to the discussion on peace-making in Ireland.David has been a member of the Methodist Church in Ireland's Council on Social Responsibility since 1986. He was the Northern Executive's Lay Secretary from 1990 to 2003. His book is a detailed and critical assessment of the role of Methodism and I'm still reading it.I have a firm belief that all of us have a story to tell. My personal focus has been on republicans and working class people telling our story but the truth is the right and the need to tell our own story belongs to everyone. And the Methodists have a story worth telling. So well done David Gallagher.David will be taking part in Féile an Phobail on 1pm on the 31st July in St. Mary's University College on the Falls Road. The book is available at An Fhuiseog 55 Bóthar na bhFál, BT12 4PD, https://anfhuiseog.ie/

Conor Coyne, CEO of Kylemore Abbey, discusses the Connemara ponies being brought to Áras an Uachtaráin for the summer.

Bhí cruinniú ag Uachtarán na Fraince, Emmanuel Macron, le ceannairí Chomhghuaillíocht na dTíortha Toilteanacha ó thaobh an chogadh san Úcráin.

Mick Brogan, Uachtarán Chruinniú na mBád i gCinn Mhara ag labhairt faoi fhéile na bliana seo.

Uachtaránacht na hÉireann ar Choimisiún na hEorpa, tréimhse 6 mhí, ag tosnú amáireach

Bhí Conor Ó Gallachóir i láthair ag ócáid a bhí ar siúl i nGaoth Dobhair le gairid dírithe ar an téama ‘Éire Aontaithe” Labhair Conor Róisín Nic Liam, a bhí i mbun taighde do Chonradh na Gaeilge ar an ábhar seo, Dónall Ó Cnáimhsí, Oifigeach Pleanála Teanga an Iarthuaiscirt agus Ciarán Mac Giolla Bhéin, Uachtarán Chonradh na Gaeilge.

Deireadh seachtaine ana ghnóthach eile i gCill Áirne agus cluiche caide eile i Staid an Ghearaltaigh ar an Sathairn. Tá Searmanas Bronnta Saorántachta ar siúl ar an mbaile inniu is amáireach

Nuacht Mhall. Príomhscéalta na seachtaine, léite go mall.*Inniú an fichiú lá de mhí an Mheithimh. Is mise Sibéal Dempsey.Tá comhaontú ceithre phointe dhéag sínithe ag Donald Trump leis an Iaráin, ag maíomh gur thug sé “bua mór” do na Stáit Aontaithe agus gur athoscail Caolas Hormuz dá bharr. Deirtear, áfach, gur thug an margadh lamháltais shuntasacha pholaitiúla agus airgeadais don Iaráin. I measc na lamháltas sin tá deireadh láithreach le bac cabhlaigh na Stát Aontaithe ar chalafoirt na hIaráine, eisiúint maithiúnais le haghaidh amhola Iaráineach a sheoladh thar lear, chomh maith leis an bhféidearthacht go n-ardófaí gach smachtbhanna idirnáisiúnta i gcoinne na hIaráine, agus scaoileadh saor na mbilliún dollar i sócmhainní na hIaráine. Dúirt Uachtarán na Fraince, Emmanuel Macron, gur “margadh an-mhaith” a bhí ann, ag cur leis go dtacaíonn comhghuaillithe na Stát Aointaothe sa G7 leis “toisc gur comhaontú é a chuireann deireadh le staid éagobhsaíochta móire a raibh iarmhairtí uafásacha aige dár ngeilleagair”.Vótáil na Teachtaí Dála i nDáil Éireann i bhfabhar deireadh a chur leis an tréimhse feithimh éigeantach trí lá le haghaidh ginmhillte. Ritheadh an vóta ar bhille Shinn Féin le sé vóta is ochtó i gcoinne seachtó. Táthar ag súil anois go gcuirfear an bille faoi bhráid an choiste sláinte le haghaidh tuilleadh scrúdaithe. Deir cuid de na daoine a vótáil ina choinne gurbh é ceann de na coinníollacha le haghaidh vótála sa reifreann roimhe seo an tréimhse feithimh trí lá seo. Ar an lámh eile, tá Páirtí an Lucht Oibre ag iarraidh go ndéanfaí athchóirithe níos faide. Mar sin féin, faoi láthair tá tréimhse feithimh trí lá idir comhairliúcháin dochtúra teaghlaigh agus ginmhilleadh suas le dhá sheachtain déag.Deir an Taoiseach go bhfuil Éire ‘ag féachaint ar thoirmeasc' ar na meáin shóisialta do dhaoine faoi bhun sé bliana déag d'aois tar éis don Ríocht Aontaithe toirmeasc sínte a fhógairt. Dúirt sé, áfach, go leanfaidh beartas na hÉireann seasamh an Aontais Eorpaigh seachas toirmeasc aonair a leagan síos. Tá sé seo amhlaidh in ainneoin go bhfuil roinnt airí sinsearacha i bhfabhar an toirmisc, agus go bhfuil toirmisc aonair curtha i bhfeidhm ag tíortha eile san Aontas Eorpach amhail an Phortaingéil cheana féin. Áireofar leis an toirmeasc sa Ríocht Aontaithe na suíomhanna meán sóisialta caighdeánacha chomh maith le gníomhaíochtaí eile amhail sruthú ar shuíomhanna cearrbhachais, agus compánaigh intleachta saorga, rud a théann níos faide ná an toirmeasc a thug an Astráil isteach ar dtús.*Léirithe ag Conradh na Gaeilge i Londain. Tá an script ar fáil i d'aip phodchraolta.*GLUAISlamháltais - concessionsbac cabhlaigh - naval blockadetréimhse feithimh éigeantach - mandatory waiting periodginmhilleadh - abortiontoirmeasc - prohibitionsuíomhanna cearrbhachais - gambling sitescompánaigh intleachta saorga - AI companions

 Stand-Up to RacismThe bullet holes from the August 1969 sectarian pogrom against the people of the Falls area are still visible on the front wall of St. Comgall's Primary School, Divis Street. Last Thursday lunchtime, a few yards from where, on that occasion, whole terraces of houses were burned out, scores of community activists from across Belfast came together in Ionad Eileen Howell to discuss another pogrom. This time the pogrom was rooted in violent racism.In the days before families and workers from the various ethnic groups, who now make up an important and valued part of our society, were attacked, threatened, and some were forcibly evicted from their homes. In harrowing scenes cars and some homes were destroyed as masked thugs roamed the streets of parts of Belfast, Portadown and Glengormley attacking the PSNI and the homes of our neighbours. Terrified children fled with their parents.Health workers were especially targeted. There was a clear attempt to intimidate many from their jobs. In addition, schools were closed. People were sent home from work. Public transport stopped.The Community Groups at the meeting in Ionad Eileen Howell described how they had helped relocate evicted families, worked with Belfast City Council to ensure that emergency accommodation was available, established a co-ordination and response group and had activists on the streets to defuse any attempt by right wing elements to stoke up further attacks. From the GAA and individual citizens there was widespread opposition to the racism. First Minister Michelle O'Neill met community representatives, youth workers and ethnic minority communities. She visited health staff in the Mater Hospital who had been threatened. She expressed her unambiguous solidarity and support for them.Belfast Ard Mheara Councillor Róis Máire Donnelly, who received death threats for standing up to the racists, refused to be silent. Last Friday she addressed a local anti-racism rally and the next day she spoke to the thousands who attended the massive anti-racist demonstration at the City Hall. Róis Máire told the crowd that Belfast is “stronger” because of our diversity. And she described Belfast people as “resilient, compassionate and welcoming.”She is right on both counts. Diversity is a strength, not a weakness. And notwithstanding the naysayers and begrudgers Belfast is welcoming city that embraces our ethnic minority citizens.  Momentum Building Around UnityThere are those who dismiss any possibility in the next few years of holding the unity referendums provided for in the Good Friday Agreement. Foremost among them is Fianna Fáil leader Micheál Martin who obstinately refuses to countenance any preparation for unity.However, his partner in Government, Fine Gael leader Simon Harris clearly doesn't agree. At the weekend he announced that his party is planning to develop and publish a blueprint for a united Ireland by their Ard Fheis in November. That is good news. Harris's statement of intent coincides with Uachtarán Shinn Féin Mary Lou McDonald's introduction this week in the Dáil of a Private Members Bill that will compel the Taoiseach to begin the planning and preparation for constitutional change and Irish Unity. The ‘Planning for Constitutional Change Bill 2026' will require the Taoiseach to institutionalise preparation and publish a Green Paper. This will facilitate consultation and encourage a national public debate as a first step before formal government legislation is established. The Green Paper will require the government setting out its ideas, vision and proposals on the economy, education, health, justice and the legal system and future governance arrangements.  Seeking the Truth: Pat FinucaneAfter 37 years the inquiry into the murder of human rights lawyer Pat Finucane has finally opened. Pat's wife Geraldine, his children John, Michael and Katherine and his dedicated family circle and legal team are to be commended for their diligence and steadfastness in pursuing the truth about Pat's murder.Successive British governments have lied, prevaricated, distracted, delayed and made every effort to prevent an inquiry from happening. Why? Because the extent of British state collusion with the UDA in his murder has the potential of laying responsibility for his death with senior political figures within the British Conservative government of Margaret Thatcher.That there was collusion in his murder and that of hundreds more, is not in doubt. But who was responsible? Who gave the orders? Who plotted and schemed to have Pat killed on 12 February 1989? Who knew what within the RUC; within RUC Special Branch; within MI5; the Force Reconnaissance Unit (FRU); British Army; and the British Cabinet? 

Ceistíonn an dochtúir comhairleach Colleran an bhfuil an polasaí ceart againn maidir le cúram máithreachais sa tír seo agus an bhfuiltear ag freastal mar is cóir ar riachtanais na mban.

Ag caint ar dtús ar na léirsithe atá ar siúl i gcathair Bhéal Feirste ón Mháirt, áit a bhfuil cónaí ar féin, agus ar an ócáid atá eagraithe ag Conradh na Gaeilge anseo i nGaoth Dobhair san oíche amárach dírithe ar an téama Éire Aontaithe.

Tá sé ráite ag Uachtarán Mheiriceá Donald Trump gur thug sé foláireamh d'Uachtarán Iosrael Benjamin Netanyahu go raibh baol air go mbeadh Iosrael leo féin dá leanfadh siad ar aghaidh lena n-ionsaithe ar an Iaráin.

Nuacht Mhall. Príomhscéalta na seachtaine, léite go mall.*Inniu an séú lá de mhí an Mheithimh. Is mise Oisín Mac Conamhna.Scríobh Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Uachtaráin na hÚcráine, litir oscailte chuig Vladimir Putin, Uachtaráin na Rúise, an tseachtain seo, inar mhol sé cruinniú mullaigh eatarthu, i stát neodrach, chun idirbheartaíocht a dhéanamh chun deireadh a chuir leis an gcogadh idir an dá thír. Sa litir, dúirt sé nach maith le muintir na Rúise dróin ná diúracáin na hÚcráine, nach maith leo ganntanas gásailín ná síorbholscaireacht ná síorshrianta, nach maith leo an slógadh nua atá ar intinn ag Putin, agus nach maith leo nach bhfuil aon deireadh leis an gcogadh le feiceáil. Dúirt sé go bhfuil arm na Rúise ag cailleadh tríocha míle saighdiúir in aghaidh na míosa, maraithe nó gortaithe go dona; agus go bhfuil a shaol fhéin luachmhar do Putin. Dúirt sé go bhfuil an aois ag tosnú cur isteach ar Putin, go méadfaidh an tuirse leis, agus nuair a thagann tuirseach ar an Rúis, tagann athruithe. Dúirt Putin go raibh an litir drochbhéasach, nach raibh aon chúis le cruinniú faoi láthair, agus gur cheap sé nach raibh an litir ag iarraidh cruinniú déthaobhach a eagrú.I Neipeal, tháinig Dawa Sherpa slán ó Shliabh Everest tar éis sé lá ina aonar go hard ar an sliabh, ar an dara lá dá shochraid a bheith ar siúl sa bhaile. Fágadh ina aonar é nuair a thóg sé sos ag teacht anuas thart ar 7,500 méadar, acht dúirt sé gur theip ar a chuid ocsaigin, agus ansin ní raibh sé in ann siúl a thuilleadh. Níor ith sé tada ar feadh dhá lá, agus ansin thosaigh sé ag mungailt leac oighir go crua, acht thug sé sin pian ina fhiacla dó. Ansin d'aimsigh sé seacláid ina phóca, a d'ith sé, acht ina dhiaidh sin thit sé isteach i gcreabhás. Ní raibh sé in ann dreapadh as ar feadh dhá lá go leith, go dtí gur thit maidhm shneachta isteach air, ionas go raibh sé ábalta éalú as an gcreabhás ar an sneachta. Ansin ba bheag nár chuir maidhm shneachta eile bac air, acht lean sé ar aghaidh tríd an sneachta agus tríd an oíche, go dtí go bhfacthas é ag crúbadach go mall síos go dtí an bunchampa, agus iompraíodh go sábháilteacht é. Dúirt a bhean chéile, Damu Sherpa, gur baineadh geit ollmhór aisti nuair a chonaic sí é arís den chéad uair, nach raibh sí in ann a chreideamh cén chaoi ar tháinig sé slán in aon chur, agus go raibh súil aici nach dtarlódh a leithid sin de dhochraide d'éinne eile. Dúirt a iníon, Mhendo Lhamo Sherpa, go raibh áthas orthu.Bhí bua iontach ag foireann sacair na mban na hÉireann i gcoinne na hÍsiltíre oíche Dé hAoine i bPáirc Uí Chaoimh, i gcluiche cáilithe don Chorn Domhanda. Fuair Kyra Carusa an chéad cúl d'Éirinn sa chéad leath, sula bhfuair Dominique Janssen cúl an chomhscóir don Ísiltír ó chic éirice le thart ar fiche nóiméad fágtha. Chuir Abbie Larkin Éire chun tosaigh arís, roimh chúl an chomhscóir eile ó Victoria Pelova. Acht sa nóchadú nóiméad, fuair Amber Barrett ó Dhún na nGall scór an bhua, agus bhrúcht Páirc Uí Chaoimh le ceiliúradh. Tá cluiche cáilithe amháin fágtha ag Éirinn, i gcoinne na Fraince Dé Máirt seo chugainn, agus má éiríonn leo, gheobhaidh siad cáiliú díreach chuig an gCorn Domhanda sa Bhrasaíl an bhliain seo chugainn.*Léirithe ag Conradh na Gaeilge i Londain. Tá an script ar fáil i d'aip phodchraolta.*GLUAIScruinniú mullaigh - summit meetingsíorbholscaireacht ná síorshrianta - constant propaganda or restrictionscreabhás - crevassemaidhm shneachta - avalanchecluiche cáilithe - qualifying matchcúl an chomhscóir - the equalising goal

Brú ar Uachtarán Mheiriceá Donald Trump théis dhá vóta faoina gcuid polasaithe i dTeach na nionadaithe agus an Seanad an tseachtain seo.

Thug John Joe cuairt ar an mBruiséil an tseachtain seo chun le plé a dhéanamh ar an gComhbheartas Talamhaíochta.

Nuacht Mhall. Príomhscéalta na seachtaine, léite go mall.*Inniu an tríochadú lá de mhí Bealtaine. Is mise Alanna Ní Ghallachóir.Tá tús curtha le triail iar-cheannaire an Pháirtí Aontachtaigh Dhaonlathaigh, Jeffrey Donaldson, agus a mhná céile, i ndiaidh do bheirt bhan líomhaintí a dhéanamh go ndearna sé mí-úsáid ghnéis orthu agus iad ina bpáistí. D'inis abhcóide an ionchúisimh, Rosie Walsh KC, don ghiúire de chúigear ban agus seachtar fear ag Cúirt Chórónach an Iúir, go ndúirt duine de na gearánaigh gur thosaigh an mhí-úsáid agus í fós sa bhunscoil, agus gur leanadh ar aghaidh leis ar feadh roinnt blianta. Dúirt an gearánach eile gur chreid sí gur tharla na teagmhais bainte léi féin thart fán aois chéanna. Agus é i mbun agallamh le póilíní tar éis á ghabhála i Mí an Mhárta 2024, dúirt Donaldson gur rud “dochreidte” a bhí sa chúiseamh éignithe ina aghaidh agus shéan sé na cúisimh a bhí curtha ina leith. Phléadáil iar-cheannaire an DUP neamhchiontach do 18 gcúiseamh agus shéan Bean Donaldson cúig chúiseamh. Deirtear gur tharla na teagmhais idir na blianta 1985 agus 2008Dé Céadaoin, sáraíodh an churiarracht teochta um mí na Bealtaine in Éirinn ag Aerfort na Sionainne, nuair a bhain an mearcair 30.6C amach. Lean sé seo curiarracht eile ní ba luaithe sa lá ag stáisiún aimsire Páirc na Darach, taobh amuigh de bhaile Cheatharlach, inar taifeadadh teocht 29.7C. Agus sa Phortaingéil, taifeadadh an lá is teo i mí na Bealtaine ag 40.3C sa bhaile lárnach Mora, agus tíortha in iarthar na hEorpa ag streachailt leo san aimsir mharfach leáiteach. Sna tríocha bliain a chuaigh thart, tá ardú teochta 0.56C tagtha ar an Eoraip achan deich mbliana, de réir na Seirbhíse Aeráide Copernicus - neart leis na teochtaí as cuimse a dhéanamh níos coitianta. Déardaoin, dúirt na Náisiúin Aontaithe go bhfuil seans maith ann go ndéanfaidh na meánteochtaí domhanda na hardteochtaí as cuimse níos géire. Tháinig clú agus cáil ar bhuabhall ailbíneach neamhchoitianta a bhfuil gruaig fhada fhionn air sa Bhangladéis, agus an fhéile Eid al-Adha ag bualadh linn, agus é ag tarraingt na sluaite cuairteoirí fiosracha a deir go bhfuil an-chosúlacht idir an t-ainmhí agus Uachtarán Stáit Aontaithe Mheiriceá, Donald Trump. Tógadh an buabhall, a bhfuil beagnach 700kg meáchain ann, ar fheirm i gceantar in aice leis an phríomhchathair, Dhaka, agus tugadh an leasainm Donald Trump air mar gheall ar an dos gruaige bán thar a bhaitheas. Is Moslamaigh iad formhór na mBangladéiseach, náisiún san Áise Theas a bhfuil 170 milliún duine ann, a bhí ag céiliúradh Eid al-Adha, féile na híobairte le linn na seachtaine. Bhí sléacht le déanamh ar an bhuabhall leis an fhéile a chomóradh ach, sna huaireanta sular cuireadh é chun báis, ghníomhaigh an rialtas leis an t-ainmhí a shabháil. Dúirt coiméadaí an Zú Náisiúnta um Bangladéis, Atiqur Rahman, go dtabharfaí cúram maith don ainmhí, agus bóthán áirithe tugtha don bhuabhall in éineacht le cúramóir, agus go mbeidh sé ar coraintín le haghaidh coicíse. *Léirithe ag Conradh na Gaeilge i Londain. Tá an script ar fáil i d'aip phodchraolta.*GLUAISgearánach - complainantcúiseamh éignithe - accusation of rapeleáiteach - meltingmeánteochtaí - average temperaturesbuabhall ailbíneach - albino buffalodos gruaige - tuft of hair

Labhraíonn Gráinne Ní Aodha le Cuán faoi scéalta móra na seachtaine - na fothoghcháin agus cá seasann na páirtithe ar fad; an scéim 'bottle return'; uachtaránacht an AE; agus na uachtair reoite is fearr.

Óráid a thug Uachtarán nah Éireann i gColáiste na hOllscoile, Corcaigh, áit a raibh comóradh 175 de bhlianta teagaisc san Ollscoil.

Beidh Comóradh 175 de bhlianta teagaisc agus labhairt na Gaeilge san Ollscoil ar an gCéadaoin nuair a bheidh Uachtarán na hÉireann, Catherine Connolly i láthair.

Nuacht Mhall. Príomhscéalta na seachtaine, léite go mall.*Inniú an ceathrú lá is fiche de mhi Bealtaine, Is mise Gwyneth Nic Aidicín Ni LoinsighThascar Iosrael an Cabhlachán Domhanda Sumud in uiscí idirnáisiúnta arís i rith na seachtaine. Bhí 50 bád agus níos mó ná 400 gníomhaí páirteach sa chabhlachán, ag déanamh iarracht nua cúnamh a thabhairt go Gaza tar éis tascartha ó Israel ar an misean roimhe seo. Bhí ar a laghad dháréag saoránach Éireannach páirteach sa chabhlacán, an Dochtúir Margaret Connolly, deirfiúir le hUachtarán na hÉireann Catherine Connolly san áireamh. Cuireadh físeán ar líne a thaispeáin na coinníollacha uafásacha ina bhfuil na gníomhaí á gcoimeád. San fhíseán, tá Aire Slándálal Náisiúnta Iosrael, Itamar Ben-Gvir, le feiceáil, agus é ag déanamh trasnáil agus magadh orthu, rud a tharraing cáineadh ó oifigigh agus cinn stáit timpeall an domhain. Luaigh ionadaí ón gcabhlachán go bhfuil na coinníollacha céanna, agus níos measa fiú, á bhfulaingt ag na Pailistínigh agus gur chóir rialtais an domhain bearta níos láidre a thógáil i gcoinne Iosrael.Thug an tUachtarán Catherine Connolly an chéad chuairt oifigiúil ar an Ríocht Aontaithe i ról an Uachtaráin i rith na seachtaine. Thosaigh sí le cuairt ar an Irish Cultural Centre in Hammersmith, áit ar bhuail sí le polaiteoirí agus ionadaithe cultúir agus ealaíne de chuid na hÉireann i Londain, baill de Chonradh na Gaeilge i Londain san áireamh. Labhair sí faoin imirce stairiúil ó Éirinn go Sasana, agus an tionchar leathan ag daoine Éireannacha ar thionscal agus ar chultúr na Breataine. Luaigh sí cúiseanna eacnamaíocha agus an géarchéim tithíochta mar phríomhchúis leis an ardú is déanaí ar an imirce idir an dá thír le blianta beaga anuas. Ag céilliúradh cultúr Gaelach, dúirt sí freisin gur chóir d'Éireannaigh a bheith bródúil as cultúir eile a chuimsiú agus gan iad a fheiceáil mar bhagairt. Thug sí cuairt ar Phálas Buckingham ina dhiaidh sin agus thug sí cuireadh don Rí Séarlas cuairt a thabhairt ar Éirinn an bhliain seo chugainn. Lean an turas le stop ag Seó na mBláthanna in Chelsea agus cuairt ar an London Irish Centre i gCeamdain. Ansin, thaistil sí go Leeds le haghaidh cuairt ar Ollscoil Leeds agus an Leeds Irish Centre chun críoch a chur leis an turas.Bhuaigh Arsenal Príomhshraith Shasana Dé Máirt, den chéad uair ó bhí 2004 ann. Tháinig an bua nuair a chríochnaigh cluiche idir Manchester City agus Bournemouth ar comhscór. Bhí Manchester city sa dara háit sa tsraith ó thaobh pointí de agus bhí orthu bua a bhaint amach sa chluiche sin le bheith ábalta an ceann is fearr a fháil ar Arsenal sa bhabhta deireanach den tsraith. Níor bhain agus bhuaigh Arsenal an tsraith gan an cluiche deireanach a imirt. Bhí céilliúradh ar siúl trasna Londan ar an oíche, sa Tuaisceart go háirithe, áit dúchais na Gunners. Is í an Phríomhshraith an duais is airde i sacar Sasanach agus seo an ceathrú uair déag go bhfuil sé buaite ag Arsenal riamh. Beidh Arsenal ag iarraidh a rath a leanúint le bua i Sraith na Seaimpíní ag deireadh na míosa, den chéad uair i stair an chlub. Tarlóidh cluiche ceannais Shraith na Seaimpíní i gcoinne Paris Saint-Germain in Budapest ar an tríochadú lá de Mhí na Bealtaine.*Léirithe ag Conradh na Gaeilge i Londain. Tá an script ar fáil i d'aip phodchraolta.*GLUAIS

When two TDs left for bigger gigs last year it triggered elections to fill their places.Fine Gael's Pascal Donohoe left for a big job at the World Bank and Independent TD Catherine Connolly left for a bigger job in Áras an Uachtaráin.Voters tomorrow will be faced with long ballot papers but the Irish Times IPSOS B&A poll suggests the early emergence of a small number of clear favourites in both constituencies.But who are? How did the candidates perform in the last week of canvassing? And will the Government have a bad day at the polls?Irish Times political editor Pat Leahy gives his take on what's happening in these two large constituencies and predicts who will win.Presented by Bernice Harrison. Produced by Declan Conlon. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Speech by President Connolly at the Leeds Irish Centre

Beidh vótálaithe i nGaillimh agus Baile Átha Cliath ag caitheamh vóta i bhfothoghcháin Dé hAoine beag seo. Ghéill Paschal Donohoe a shuíochán Dála i mBaile Átha Cliath Láir i mí na Samhna seo caite chun a dhul ag obair sa Bhanc Domhanda. Chomh maith leis, tá suíochán an Uachtaráin nua Catherine Connolly le líonadh i nGaillimh Thiar. Tá 31 iarrthóir san iomlán ag rith sa dá thoghcheantar. Is iomaí ceist atá i mbéal an phobail agus an toghchán ag teannadh linn. Tá cúrsaí tithíochta, an costas maireachtála, an inimirce ag croílár an fheachtais sa dá chontae. Ach cé hiad na hiarrthóirí atá chun cinn go dtí seo? An buntáiste í líofacht na Gaeilge, go háirithe do mhuintir Chonamara? Agus cén tionchar a bheidh ag torthaí na dtoghchán seo ar na páirtithe móra agus ar chúrsaí polaitíochta na tíre i gcoitinne? Ar Seachtain, labhair Ciarán Dunbar le John Downing, tráchtaire polaitíochta leis an Irish Independent agus Máirín Ní Ghadhra, tráchtaire polaitíochta agus láithreoir TG4. Foclóir: Fothoghchán: By-election Breithiúnas cúirte: Court judgement Moill: Delay Stocaireacht: Campaigning Codarsnacht: Contrast Toghcheantar/dáilcheantar: Constituency Bruachbhaile: Suburb Áibhéil: Exaggeration Pobalbhreith: Opinion poll An dallamullóg a chur ar dhuine: To pull the wool over someone's eyes Cuarbhóthar: Ring road Tachta: Choked Tráth dá raibh: Back in the day Vóta aistrithe: Transfers Frithbhunaíochta: Anti-establishment Teip: Failure Rogha na coitiantachta: The favourite Cinniúnach: Decisive Eachtrannaigh: Foreigners Iallach a chur ar: To force Comhaireamh: Count See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Speech by President Connolly at The London Irish Centre

Speech by President Connolly at The Irish Cultural Centre, Hammersmith, London

Speech by President Connolly at an afternoon tea celebrating Traveller culture

Borradh i gcursaí tráchtála Chill Airne de bharr imeachtaí spóirt a deir Uachtarán Chumann Tráchtála Chill Áirne.

Tá sé ráite ag Uachtarán Mheiriceá go bhfuil sé ag cur deireadh leis an bhfeachtas míleata a d'fhógair sé Dé Domhnaigh i gCaolas Hormuz féachaint an bhféadfaí margadh a dhéanamh leis an Iaráin le deireadh a chur leis an gcogadh sa Meánoirthear.

Seolfar taighde úr inniu a dhéanann scrúdú agus anailís ar ról na Gaeilge in Éirinn Aontaithe ag ócáid a bheas ar siúl in Ollscoil na Banríona i mBéal Feirste ar maidin. B'iad Conradh na Gaeilge a choimisiúnaigh an taighde.

Nuacht Mhall. Príomhscéalta na seachtaine, léite go mall.*Inniu an dara lá de mhí na Bealtaine. Is mise Siubhán Nic Amhlaoibh.Tá Uachtarán na Stát Aontaithe Donald Trump i ndiaidh ordú a thabhairt go dtabharfar cúig mhíle saighdiúir Meiriceánach abhaile ón Ghearmáin. Rinneadh an t-ordú mar gheall ar achrann eile le comhghuaillí de chuid na Meiriceánach, nuair a cháin Seansailéir na Gearmáine Friedrich Merz an cogadh leis an Iaráin. Tá láithreacht mhíleata láidir ag na Stáit Aontaithe sa Ghearmáin ó bhí an Dara Cogadh Domhanda ann, agus thart ar tríocha cúig míle saighdiúir ann faoi láthair. Ag an am chéanna, níor thángthas ar réiteach go fóill le deireadh buan a chur leis an chogadh, agus mharaigh ionsaithe Iosraelacha dháréag sa Liobáin le cúpla lá anuas.Tá albam úr Kneecap FENIAN ar fáil ó inné, Lá Bealtaine. Rinne siad an t-albam leis an léiritheoir ceoil mór le rá Dan Carey, a d'oibrigh le grúpaí ar nós Fontaines DC agus Franz Ferdinand roimhe seo. Tagann an ceirnín úr i ndiaidh cúpla bliain de chonspóid, agus Mo Chara ag dul i ngleic le cúiseamh go raibh sé ag tacú le grúpaí toirmiscthe. Tá cúrsaí polaitíochta faoi chaibidil go mór san albam nua, agus rapálaí Palaistíneach le cluinstin in amhrán amháin, ach tá téamaí níos pearsanta ann fosta, agus críochnaíonn an t-albam le traic in ómós do mháthair Móglaí Bap, a fuair bás sa bhliain 2020.Cuireadh fáilte an ghaiscígh roimh Sabastian Sawe ina bhaile dúchais sa Chéinia an tseachtain seo, i ndiaidh dó Maratón Londan a bhuachan agus curiarracht úr taobh istigh de dhá uair an chloig a bhaint amach. Tugadh fleasc traidisiúnta agus deoch de bhainne coipthe ag an aerfórt, agus dúirt Sawe leis an tslua gur leis an phobal ar fad an bua seo. Ina dhiaidh sin, tugadh duaiseanna eile dó ag fáiitiú mór in áras Uachtarán na Céinia. Tá clú agus cáil ar reathaithe na Céinia, agus bhí seanmháthair Sawe féin páirteach ag na Cluichí Oilimpeacha in München sa bhliain 1972. *Léirithe ag Conradh na Gaeilge i Londain. Tá an script ar fáil i d'aip phodchraolta.*GLUAISachrann - spatcomhghuaillí - allygrúpaí toirmiscthe - proscribed groupsfáilte an ghaiscígh - a hero's welcomefleasc - wreathbainne coipthe - fermented milk

Speech by President Connolly at a reception celebrating Bealtaine

Nuacht Mhall. Príomhscéalta na seachtaine, léite go mall.*Inniu an cúigiú lá is fiche de mhí Aibreáin. Is mise Barra Mac Giolla Aoláin.Tá síneadh "deiridh" curtha ag an Uachtarán Trump leis an tsos cogaidh chun deis a thabhairt don Iaráin "moladh aontaithe" síochána a chur chun cinn. Tagann an cinneadh seo i ndiaidh idirghabháil phráinneach ó cheannairí na Pacastáine in Islamabad. Thug Trump rabhadh gurb é seo an síneadh "deiridh", agus bhagair sé ionsaithe ar bhonneagar na hIaráine mura n-aontaítear margadh. Tá léigear cabhlaigh na Stát Aontaithe fós i bhfeidhm; cáineann Tehran é seo mar "ghníomh cogaidh" agus mar shárú ar an sos cogaidh. Leanfar leis na cainteanna sa Phacastáin agus an t-am ag rith amach roimh spriocdháta nua na n-uachtarán.Beidh fothoghcháin ar siúl i nBaile Átha Cliath Láir agus i nGaillimh Thiar ar an Aoine, 22 Bealtaine. Tá suíochán amháin folamh mar d'fhág Paschal Donohoe an Dáil, agus an suíochán eile mar go bhfuil Catherine Connolly ina hUachtarán anois. Tá go leor daoine ag rith cheana féin—deichniúr i mBaile Átha Cliath agus triúr déag i nGaillimh. Is é an 1 Bealtaine an spriocdháta d'ainmniúcháin. De ghnáth, bíonn sé deacair ar pháirtithe an Rialtais fothoghcháin a bhuachan. Mar sin féin, ní athróidh na torthaí mórán sa Dáil. Tabharfaidh na toghcháin seo léargas dúinn ar thuairimí na ndaoine tar éis na n-agóidí breosla le déanaí.Bhuaigh Manchester City 1-0 in aghaidh Burnley ag Turf Moor le linn na seachtaine, bua a d'fhág go bhfuil siad chun tosaigh ar Arsenal den chéad uair le sé mhí anuas. Ba é an t-urchar luath ó Erling Haaland—an fichiú cúl aige an séasúr seo—an t-aon chúl sa chluiche. Cé gur bhuaigh siad, bhí imní ar lucht leanúna City mar nár thapaigh an fhoireann go leor deiseanna eile chun an cluiche a chur chun deiridh. Maidir le Burnley, is toradh tubaisteach é seo; tá sé deimhnithe anois go mbeidh siad dícháilithe ón Phríomhshraith. Tá an rás don teideal gor ar ghob. Tá 70 pointe ag City agus Arsenal chomh maith agus tá difríocht na gcúl mar an gcéanna acu freisin. Mar sin féin, tá City sa chéad áit mar gheall ar an líon iomlán cúl atá scóráilte acu. Níl ach cúig chluiche fágtha sa tséasúr.*Léirithe ag Conradh na Gaeilge i Londain. Tá an script ar fáil i d'aip phodchraolta.*GLUAISsíneadh - extensionbonneagar - infrastructurefothoghchán - by-electionagóidí breosla - fuel protestsurchar - shotan Phríomhshraith - the Premier League

Nuacht Mhall. Príomhscéalta na seachtaine, léite go mall.*Inniu an t-ochtú lá déag de mhí Aibreáin. Is mise Liam Ó Brádaigh.Tá deireadh tagtha le tréimhse 16 bliana de Viktor Orbán i gcumhacht le bua mór Peter Magyar i dtoghchán parlaiminte na hUngáire. Bhí slua níos mó ná mar a bhí riamh ann ag vótáil ar thodhchaí na tíre. In ainneoin tacaíocht láidir ó Trump agus Putin araon, theip ar Orbán tubaiste toghcháin a sheachaint. Tá sé fógartha ag Magyar go bhfuil sé i gceist aige beartais intíre neamhchoitianta Orbán a chur ar ceal agus caidrimh dhomhanda na hUngáire a athshocrú, go háirithe leis an Aontas Eorpach.Tá cáineadh déanta ag an Pápa Leo ar cheannairí a chaitheann billiúin ar chogaí agus dúirt sé go raibh an domhan “á scriosadh ag dornán tíoránach” i ráiteas thar a bheith láidir le linn cuairte ar Chamarún an tseachtain seo. Le roinnt laethanta anuas, tá an Pápa Leo XIV faoi ionsaí ag an Uachtarán Trump agus a chomhghuaillithe as diúltú tacú leis an gcogadh san Iaráin. Tá rialtas Trump ag iarraidh a chogadh san Iaráin a léiriú mar “chogadh cóir” atá tacaithe ag diagacht Chríostaí. Tá easaontas láidir déanta ag an bPápa Leo, áfach, ag rá roimhe seo nach n-éisteann Íosa “le paidreacha na ndaoine a théann i mbun cogaidh”.Tá ómós á thabhairt do réalta cheol na hÉireann, Máire Ní Bhraonáin, nó Moya Brennan, cumadóir amhrán, cláirseoir agus príomhamhránaí Clannad, a fuair bás ag 73 bliana d'aois. Ba bhall bunaidh den bhanna ceoil tíre Éireannach í, le beirt dá cuid deartháireacha agus beirt dá cuid uncailí, agus bhí cáil uirthi as a fuaim shainiúil. Bhain an banna rath mór idirnáisiúnta amach le linn a ngairme 40 bliain agus tháinig siad chun cinn i 1982 lena gceol ceannródaíoch don tsraith teilifíse, Harry's Game. Ina dhiaidh sin, bhí gairm bheatha aonair rathúil ag Moya, ag comhoibriú agus ag taifeadadh le líon suntasach taibheoirí ó gach cearn de shaol an cheoil.*Léirithe ag Conradh na Gaeilge i Londain. Tá an script ar fáil i d'aip phodchraolta.*GLUAIStoghchán parlaiminte - parliamentary electiontubaiste toghcháin - electoral disasterdornán tíoránach - a handful of tyrantsdiagacht Chríostaí - Christian theologycumadóir amhrán - songwriterfuaim sainiúil - unique sound

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Send us Fan MailThough the latest Irish Stew guest is Aileesh Carew, CEO and Museum Director of Dublin's EPIC The Irish Emigration Museum, this interview takes place in Philadelphia, upstairs again at Fergie's Pub. Both Aileesh and cohost John Lee came to the “City of Brotherly Love” for the Irish American Business Chamber and Network's Ambassador's Awards where Aileesh would accept the Uachtarán Award for EPIC as an organization that has shown exemplary leadership in philanthropic contributions of time and talent to non-profits in Ireland."We are so honored to be recognized by the Irish American Business Chamber and Network, an organization that really understands and deeply cares about the Irish community, the links and the legacy,” she says.The award comes at an especially meaningful time for EPIC.“To receive the award and be recognized in our 10th anniversary year is very special to us,” says Aileesh, who has been with EPIC almost every step of the way. “EPIC's purpose really is to tell the impact of the Irish around the world. Over 70 million people claim Irish heritage and we can chart at EPIC 1,500 years of immigration. It's the legacy of what the Irish people have achieved around the world."Philadelphia was an important destination for Irish emigres and many played key roles in the birth of the American republic."John Dunlap was the printer of the Declaration of Independence. He was born in Bann in County Tyrone. He immigrated to Philadelphia as a boy and built one of the city's most influential printing businesses. He actually printed the Declaration working through the night on July 4th, 1776, and went on to print the first 200 copies of the Declaration of Independence."Over its ten-year history, the interactive EPIC experience rose quickly in the ranks of not only Irish but European destinations, awarded Europe's Leading Tourist Attraction three years in a row.Take that Eiffel Tower!But rather than counting their laurels, Aileesh and her team are charting the course for the next ten years.She says, "If you stand still, you go backwards, so we've embarked on a 10-year master plan. We're about to unveil three brand new galleries including “Isle of the Senses”f that will chart and evoke the Ireland the people left behind, what people take with them in the smell, the touch, the sense, and in their hearts.”This is Irish Stew's second EPIC episode having featured its first director, John Patrick Greene, for episode that dropped in 2022.Next week Irish Stew shares the buzz around the Capital Irish Film Festival in conversations with the great cinema talent at the annual Solas Nua event.LinksIrish Stew Newsletter Signup - on home pageEPIC The Irish Emigration MuseumWebsiteLinkedInFacebookInstagramAileesh CarewLinkedInIrish Stew LinksEpisode Page: Aileesh CarewWebsite Home PageFacebookInstagramLinkedInMedia Partner: IrishCentralEpisode Details: Season 8, Episode 14; Total Episode Count: 155

Dúirt Uachtarán Mheiriceá Donald Trump ar TruthSocial aréir go raibh sé chun ionsaithe ar mhonarchana Fuinnimh san Iaráin a chur ar athló go dtí Luan Cásca, mar gheall ar iarratas ó rialtas na hIaráine.