"The central position of the Tyneside Irish Centre in Newcastle allows us the  community HQ necessary to anchor our events...

Liberty Equality Dignity. Howay the Lads and Lasses.

Newcastle needs to grow and adopt its normal swagger as a place which can transform the world through friendship and...

Bill Corcoran reviews the book "bomber County" by Daniel Swift

Durham Miners Gala 2023

A tale of three Trevelyans and how we respond

"We are not united by our similarities but despite them"

"I believe the great majority of traditions are fake or at least emphasised. Real traditions like April Fools Day are...

"If politics was a spectator sport, the crowd would be chanting “Sacked in the morning, you’re getting sacked in the...

Bill Corcoran reflects on traffic issues in Newcastle

"Experience lies to you. People will say “We’ve been putting gigs on for 20 years and never had any problems...

"Trevelyan stood on an artificial aristocratic plinth of profitable privilege and preached market soundness, Christian charity and decried state intervention...

The Grainger Market has "a mixed offering from the freshest, best meat and produce to socks, workwear, watch repair, eclectics...

With the Newcastle United Women playing at St. James, and seeing the beaming smiles on the faces of local girls...

"We’ll hope to forget the hangover that you get with boozing with 45 sailors in Geordieland but we’ll never, ever...

A rich man in his castle, a poor man at his gate….

Thousands of generous Geordies

Durham is the Big Meeting and the Gala. Both sides of it are vital.  Next year and every year I...

I don’t know anything about Söke’s art’s and cultural scene, but I doubt you could teach them much about irrigation...

On this platinum jubilee weekend, Bill Corcoran writes from Turkey on the monarchy and the theory of a secular republic.

Jack Charlton was honoured this week by an Presidential Award from Ireland. Bill Corcoran reflects on the footballing legend who...

The Prime Minister can make every situation worse, as today's announcement about Rwanda shows.

As a proud Tyneside Irishman, I’ve been forced on several occasions to defend Irish whiskey (note the spelling) against the...

We should not need foodbanks. But while we do, please donate to NUFC Fans Foodbank to help people in the...

Colin Whittle, Steve Hastie and Bill Corcoran started Newcastle United Fans Foodbank, raising funds and feeding our fellow citizens.

I shout at the radio when someone says “north of Hadrian’s Wall” meaning Scotland.