I had been sceptical about the approaching centenary of the Easter Rising of 1916, the opening salvo in the war of independence and the date that rings loudest in our national psyche. Mostly because I believed that the main political parties in Ireland have seemed to find the whole thing a bit of an embarrassment… Read More
Tom Murphy used to come to see me when I worked in the Arlington Day Centre in Parkway about 20 years ago. I worked mostly in the Big House Arlington House hostel https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arlington_House and spent one day a week giving advice in the Day Centre which was housed in a Portakabin on Parkway, one of… Read More
Two men died last month, they both lived in Arlington House though one was recuperating from a serious illness in an assessment centre. They were both Irish emigrants in their 60’s and they were both long term heavy drinkers whose bodies had suffered terribly as a result. Each had lived in their own single room… Read More
During this last month or so Aisling has had to wear a suit as we have had to do a good bit of fine dining and dancing in some of London’s top hotels. This is the kind of thing that Aisling has to do more frequently these days with myself and John Glynn tripping the… Read More
We had a great night out at our annual comedy benefit this year with loads of great laughs from new Kerry comic Bernard Casey, Camden Irish funny girl Roisin Conaty, hyperactive and hilarious stand up Jason Byrne and Ardal O’Hanlon, our patron in top form. We followed up with a party in the bar of… Read More
The Aisling Project had a great day out at the Irish Vintage Rally at Greenford last Sunday. The sun came out and many thousands of Irish men, women, boys and girls from all over the capital and others from further afield in the UK and Ireland came along too for the biggest Irish gathering of… Read More
If you haven’t bought a ticket for the Aisling Rugby World Cup Draw, fear not because you have plenty of chances to get yours coming up. 24 Pubs are selling the tickets at the bar so there is probably one near you and these are: The Faltering Fullback, Finsbury Park The Quays, Holloway Rd… Read More
We have yet another great night of comedy coming up at the lovely Union Chapel in Islington on the 17th September. Our patron Ardal O’Hanlon has really pulled the stops out (I think that’s a church organ reference) and booked some top comedy talent for the Aisling Comedy Benefit including: Rich Hall, Roisin Conaty and… Read More
Aisling volunteers Aonghus, Aedin, Ann and Fiachra are seen here enjoying the vibes at the Field of Avalon at Glastonbury festival on a rare break from serving pints for the Workers Beer Co (http://www.workersbeer.co.uk/) at the Mandela bar, watching bands and grabbing the odd hours shuteye. All of their hard work went to support Aisling…. Read More
The sun is shining in London and on our last two trips to Donegal and Waterford the same good weather followed us across the Irish Sea. This is true almost always on Aisling trips that we are generally blessed with the weather when we are in Ireland. Everyone knows that the weather in the south-east… Read More
