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Emmy Award-winner Guy Pearce is reprising his iconic role as Jack Irish after the series’ three-year hiatus. And on Monday, the rarely-seen actor was spotted filming scenes for the popular crime drama’s final season in Melbourne. Guy, 53, was spotted in high spirits as the cast, including actress Marta Dusseldorp, Took a small break between scenes … Read more
Joe Biden’s Irish cousin has praised him for overcoming ‘such adversity’ in his life, and called criticism of his age ‘cheap and nasty’. Laurita Blewitt, from County Mayo, has met the President-elect several times, and visited him in the White House during his vice-presidency under Barack Obama. She appeared on This Morning today where she told of … Read more
An Irish couple were reunited with their son on tonight’s Long Lost Family, after he was given to a Spanish family as a baby by a Catholic adoption agency – despite reassurances he would be returned once his young parents were more stable. Phyllis and Kevin Haran, from County Clare, have spent more than forty years searching … Read more
Inside Paul Mescal’s new ‘normal’ life in Australia: From carefully counting eggs for the perfect dozen at Woolies to spending time at the beach… as women on social media desperately try to hunt the Irish actor down By Candice Jackson For Daily Mail Australia Published: 22:35 GMT, 17 January 2021 | Updated: 22:43 GMT, 17 … Read more
Head of the Irish Catholic Church apologises to survivors of brutal homes for mothers and babies where 9,000 children died during decades of horror through the 20th Century Archbishop of Armagh Eamon Martin apologised to survivors of the homes Recognised the church was part of a culture of stigmatisation & judgement He said rights of … Read more
A damning report has found tens of thousands of unmarried Irish mothers and their babies suffered emotional abuse at refuge homes throughout the 20th century. The Commission on Mother and Baby Homes said the blame ‘rests mainly with the fathers of their children and their own immediate families,’ in its inquiry published today. Nine thousand … Read more
The nephew of a woman who was last seen almost 30 years ago has launched a fresh appeal for information, and says he believes his aunt’s disappearance might be connected to organised crime. Bernadette Cooper, originally from Co. Monaghan, Ireland, was last heard from on 10 January 1993 when she phoned a friend from a … Read more
A lovesick Romeo who was jailed for Jet-Skiing to the Isle of Man to see his girlfriend today said he willingly risked his life and broke Covid rules ‘for the woman I love’ after his request for a legal crossing was turned down. Dale Mclaughlan, 28, spent £6,000 on the perilous 27-mile journey across the … Read more
British patrol boat boards Irish trawler and stops it from fishing contested Rockall waters in first post-Brexit fisheries clash The Northern Celt was boarded and its skipper told he can no longer fish Skipper said a Scottish patrol vessel told him he couldn’t fish around Rockall Outcrop lies 260 miles west of Scotland’s Western Isles … Read more
Sam Atwell doesn’t look like this anymore! Actor known for playing Home and Away ‘bad boy’ Kane Phillips is unrecognisable in an Irish drama By Caleb Taylor For Daily Mail Australia Published: 04:54 GMT, 4 January 2021 | Updated: 04:54 GMT, 4 January 2021 Sam Atwell played Summer Bay ‘bad boy’ Kane Phillips on Home … Read more