Ireland’s medal-winning athletics champions are to be honoured by An Post. Christopher O’Donnell, Rhasidat Adeleke, Sophie Becker, Phil Healy, Sharlene Mawdsley, Tom Barr and Ciara Mageean are to feature on a specially-designed national postmark. An Post chief executive, David McRedmond says he hopes it will carry Ireland’s admiration and pride of our ‘superstar athhletes’ who […]
President Joe Biden said France was America’s “first friend” at its founding and is one of its closest allies more than two centuries later as he was honoured with a state visit by French President Emmanuel Macron The event aimed at showing off their partnership on global security issues and easing past trade tensions. Mr […]
Sports athletes and icons such as Venus Williams and Mary Fowler have been presented with one-of-a-kind Barbie dolls to show the younger generation that anything is possible. Ahead of the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, Mattel has created dolls in the likeness of nine female athletes from around to world to highlight the stories of […]
Former Scottish deputy first minister John Swinney said he was “deeply honoured” to have become the new leader of the Scottish National Party (SNP). Mr Swinney reacted on social media after the party confirmed he was the only candidate to succeed Humza Yousaf, who announced one week ago he was stepping down as SNP leader […]
A memorial at the National Cathedral in Washington will honour the seven World Central Kitchen aid workers – including three Britons – killed by Israeli airstrikes in Gaza earlier this month. Jose Andres, the celebrity chef and philanthropist behind the Washington-based World Central Kitchen disaster relief group, is expected to speak at the celebration of […]
A memorial at the National Cathedral in Washington will honour the seven World Central Kitchen aid workers – including three Britons – killed by Israeli airstrikes in Gaza earlier this month. Jose Andres, the celebrity chef and philanthropist behind the Washington-based World Central Kitchen disaster relief group, is expected to speak at the celebration of […]
Kevin Hart received the Mark Twain Prize for American Humour on Sunday in a gala performance at the Kennedy Centre for the Performing Arts. Celebrities and prominent comedians joined in the tribute to Hart, with several specifically citing his work ethic, positivity and relentless dedication to his art. “He’s just inspirational,” comic Nikki Glazer said […]
Kevin Hart received the Mark Twain Prize for American Humour on Sunday in a gala performance at the Kennedy Centre for the Performing Arts. Celebrities and prominent comedians joined in the tribute to Hart, with several specifically citing his work ethic, positivity and relentless dedication to his art. “He’s just inspirational,” comic Nikki Glazer said […]
Tanzania’s founding father Julius Nyerere has been honoured with a statue outside the African Union headquarters in Ethiopia’s capital, Addis Ababa. Nyerere led what is now Tanzania from independence in 1961 until 1985. Known as Mwalimu, Swahili for teacher, he was a committed pan-Africanist and hosted independence fighters opposed to white minority rule in southern […]
Annette Bening, a two-time Golden Globe winner who recently received her fifth Oscar nomination, was feted on Tuesday with a raucous parade full of colourful costumes and drag performers as part of festivities honouring her as Harvard University’s Hasty Pudding Theatricals 2024 Woman of the Year. The Pudding is the oldest theatrical organisation in the […]
Restaurants in Cork, Clare, Dublin and Tipperary have added to Ireland’s haul of Michelin star establishments at a ceremony in England on Monday evening. Terre in Cork’s Castlemartyr Resort was awarded a second Michelin Star after getting its first just last year. The Michelin Guide commended chef Vincent Crepel for his “powerful and sophisticated cooking”. […]