Two Shots were heard outside the House of Parliament in Central London. Commons Leader David Lidington has said that a police officer had been stabbed and police said they had shot the presumed attacker. He was seen running towards the…
Germany has announced it will deport two terror suspects who were born in Germany but whose parents are foreign. This is the first time in German history that people who were born in the country have been deported. Lower Saxony…
“Down by the Salley Gardens” also known as “The Maids of Mourne Shore” or “The Mourne Shore” is a well-known Irish folk song and poem by William Butler Yeats. Yeats tried to reconstruct this old song by writing down lines…
A court in India has ruled that two sacred rivers in India are to be given human status to help preserve the rivers and fight against their pollution. Industrialisation, deforestation and rapid urbanisation have contributed to the heavy pollution of…
Cards, flowers, gifts, chocolate, more flowers and lots of love. Mother’s day is celebrated all across the world. In Ireland, it is coming up soon! Unlike many other countries which celebrate Mother’s Day in May, in Ireland, this special day…
Twenty students have died after being hit by falling trees while swimming at the Kintampo waterfalls, a popular tourist spot in Ghana. The Kintampo waterfalls are one of the highest waterfalls in the country. According to Ghana national fire service…
Babylon Radio’s interns come from all around the world. Experiencing culture shock, therefore, comes as no surprise. Find out what Babylon Radio’s interns’ first impressions of Dublin are. Many houses in Dublin (in the residential areas) look…the same or at…
What are the benefits of learning a language and multilingualism? In this interview, Francesca from Mother Tongues tells us more about the wonderful world of languages. B: Hi Francesca, tell us a bit about yourself. Where were you born and…
People can listen again to a Stradivarius that disappeared 36 years ago. The valuable instrument belonged to violin virtuoso Roman Totenberg and was stolen from his dressing room in Massachusetts after a concert in 1980. Philip Johnson, a former pupil…
I remember what my host family said to me when I first arrived in Dublin. “You come here to do your internship although you don’t know anyone in Dublin? Wow, you’re so brave.” I was quite surprised by this reaction.…