The crack is ours: the37th Tyneside Irish Festival
"The central position of the Tyneside Irish Centre in Newcastle allows us the community HQ necessary to anchor our events...
Read more"The central position of the Tyneside Irish Centre in Newcastle allows us the community HQ necessary to anchor our events...
Read moreLiberty Equality Dignity. Howay the Lads and Lasses.
Read moreNewcastle needs to grow and adopt its normal swagger as a place which can transform the world through friendship and...
Read moreBill Corcoran reviews the book "bomber County" by Daniel Swift
Read moreA tale of three Trevelyans and how we respond
Read more"We are not united by our similarities but despite them"
Read more"I believe the great majority of traditions are fake or at least emphasised. Real traditions like April Fools Day are...
Read more"If politics was a spectator sport, the crowd would be chanting “Sacked in the morning, you’re getting sacked in the...
Read moreBill Corcoran reflects on traffic issues in Newcastle
Read more"Experience lies to you. People will say “We’ve been putting gigs on for 20 years and never had any problems...
Read more"Trevelyan stood on an artificial aristocratic plinth of profitable privilege and preached market soundness, Christian charity and decried state intervention...
Read moreThe Grainger Market has "a mixed offering from the freshest, best meat and produce to socks, workwear, watch repair, eclectics...
Read moreWith the Newcastle United Women playing at St. James, and seeing the beaming smiles on the faces of local girls...
Read more"We’ll hope to forget the hangover that you get with boozing with 45 sailors in Geordieland but we’ll never, ever...
Read moreA rich man in his castle, a poor man at his gate….
Read moreThousands of generous Geordies
Read moreDurham is the Big Meeting and the Gala. Both sides of it are vital. Next year and every year I...
Read moreI don’t know anything about Söke’s art’s and cultural scene, but I doubt you could teach them much about irrigation...
Read moreOn this platinum jubilee weekend, Bill Corcoran writes from Turkey on the monarchy and the theory of a secular republic.
Read moreJack Charlton was honoured this week by an Presidential Award from Ireland. Bill Corcoran reflects on the footballing legend who...
Read moreThe Prime Minister can make every situation worse, as today's announcement about Rwanda shows.
Read moreAs a proud Tyneside Irishman, I’ve been forced on several occasions to defend Irish whiskey (note the spelling) against the...
Read moreWe should not need foodbanks. But while we do, please donate to NUFC Fans Foodbank to help people in the...
Read moreColin Whittle, Steve Hastie and Bill Corcoran started Newcastle United Fans Foodbank, raising funds and feeding our fellow citizens.
Read moreI shout at the radio when someone says “north of Hadrian’s Wall” meaning Scotland.
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