President Catherine Connolly has said that she conveyed to the US president the strong view of the Irish people that the normalisation of war and genocide can never be accepted.

Matthew Reynolds was my great grandfather. He was born at Drumcollop on 1st December 1867, just three years after universal civil…

On Dad’s side of the family, I have traced the family tree back to James Reynolds (1820–1880) of Drumcollop, County Leitrim, Ireland, and…

Today, the European Commission adopted a Communication responding  to the European Citizens\' Initiative (ECI) ‘Ban on conversion practices in the European Union\'.

Click here to download as PDF: 34 ORCHARD ISSUE 13 SPRING 2026 Table of Contents Cover: Leaving Las Vegas – Trisha J. Wooldridge Boys – Jeremiah Towle I Found a Leg Bone in My Yard – A.…

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“Steve, over here! Turn to your right. Can we get a smile?” He falls back on his training easily enough, turns to the cameras, gives them his famous crooked smile, tilts his head just so as the flashe...

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Stellar short fiction by women-identified writers since 2010

This issue, we have an international lineup, with stories set in Canada, Ireland, Scotland, and England, as well as the United States…and realms beyond! (Alternate World fantasy and the Cthulhu Mythos...

I’ve had a few more stories published recently, and a few more are on the way, so it’s time for a publishing news update, and a reminder of where to find my previously published stories…