Máirtín Ó Muilleoir is the publisher of the Belfast Media Group titles and of the Irish Echo in America.
He has been involved in journalism for over four decades and has penned columns for both that the Andersonstown News and the former daily Irish language newspaper Lá.
He is the author of several books in Irish and English including ‘Ceap Cuddles’ and ‘Belfast’s Dome of Delight’.
He has served in politics for Sinn Féin both in Belfast City Council and in the power-sharing Executive at Stormont.
As co-founder of events company Aisling Events, he has hosted a range of transatlantic conferences including the Big Irish Campfire, the New York-New Belfast Conference and the Belfast International Homecoming.
He is the proud recipient of a Honorary Doctorate from Quinnipiac University in Connecticut, USA.
Bureaucratic blocks on housing development are making it impossible to build much-needed homes.
Ba é an file agus rapadóir Pádaí de Cléir a chuir an lasair liteartha sa bharrach ag ceiliúradh Imram, 'Tionscadal Bhéal Feirste' in Áras Mhic Reachtain aréir.
Chuir an t-iriseoir Gearóid Ó Muilleoir na haoi-chainteoirí Caitríona Nic Sheáin agus Andy Whitston as na foilsitheoirí tSnáthaid Mhór i láthair ag cruinniú mhí an Mhárta de Chiorcal Gnó Iarthar Bhéal Feirste.
In an attic space of An Chultúrlann at the heart of Belfast's Gaeltacht Quarter, an imaginary world of nice-as-ninepence Ninjas and delectable dinosaurs – with the odd Gingerbread Girl thrown in for good measure – is busy being born.
In two pivotal St Patrick's Day messages, New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani has praised the Irish spirit of resistance and solidarity - and blasted the British for honing its colonial ambitions in Ireland.
Bricfeasta Gnó: Caitríona N`ic Sheáin & Andy Whitson, Bunaitheoirí An tSnáthaid Mhór, Foilsitheoirí Leabhair
‘Béal Feirste Cois Cuain — cathair na nGael is na nGall, cathair an tsaibhris agus na bochtaineachta, cathair an ghrá agus na gruaime’: b’shin an chur síos a bhí ag an scéalaí Liam Mac Carráin ar a chathair dhúchais.
When retired attorney and Vietnam veteran John J. Reilly got the call to join a group of Fordham law grads heading to the El Paso Detention Center in Texas, to aid beleaguered immigrants facing deportation, he felt he had to say yes.
If The Lord in His Mercy really is looking down on Belfast, then a new city centre walking tour will surely have caught His attention.
Economy Minister Dr Caoimhe Archibald has announced a new research project into Irish Medium vocational pathways.
Beart le Briarthar - Príosún, Cearta Daonna agus Conradh na Gaeilge 1971-2000. Eoghan Mac Cormaic €15. Pluid.ie
Civil rights icon the Rev Jesse Jackson, who passed away earlier today,made two impactful visits to Belfast, on each occasion nurturing civil rights, bridge-building and racial harmony.
Head to fog-shrouded San Francisco’s Outer Sunset and there you'll find the best coffee in the city at the Andytown café with, of course, an Andytown man behind the counter.
All the Dead Voices - A Memoir. Danny Morrison. Greenisland Press.
On a Saturday morning in Bangor, 350 runners loop through Ward Park. Near the back, walking steadily, is a man who once ran 5k in under 15 minutes. Now it takes him almost an hour – and he couldn’t be more grateful.