08 February 2010
Irish people looking to live and work in Australia will be affected by significant changes to Australia’s immigration programme to be revealed today. The Rudd Government is reforming the permanent skilled migration program to ensure it is more responsive to the needs of industry and employers and better addresses the nation’s future skill needs. The significant reforms [...]
04 February 2010
Unless you’ve got the ESPN HD package, you won’t be watching this year’s Six Nations live from the comfort of your own home. ESPN won the rights to this year’s championship from Setanta Sports, and the channel have have revealed that they will be showing all 15 tournament games live – but on their High Definition [...]
03 February 2010
SYDNEY St Patrick’s Day Parade president Gerard Ryan has sounded an urgent plea to the Irish community for funding amid fears the future of the event itself might be in jeopardy. The St Patrick’s Day committee began last year with a $32,000 surplus, but despite record income last year from the Hyde Park Family Day, the [...]
29 January 2010
With her tremendously successful new album, Saints And Scoundrels, still riding high in the Irish charts, trad legend Sharon Shannon brings her unique sound to Perth this week as she winds up her Aussie tour. Sharon just finished a three-date stand at the Sydney Festival and will now jett across to WA to play the Perth [...]
29 January 2010
The number of Irish nationals coming to Australia as part of the Working Holiday Visa (WHV) scheme has more than halved in the first six months of this financial year, the Irish Echo can reveal. A mere 3,909 first-year WHVs were granted between July and December of 2009, a whopping 65 per cent drop on the [...]
28 January 2010
Queensland Police have revealed that they are closing the net on a gang of thugs responsible for the vicious bashing of five Irish nationals on New Year’s Eve on the Sunshine Coast. The five victims in question, who all hailed from Wexford and who were aged between 21 and 29, were set upon by a group [...]