The future of tens of thousands of Irish DNA samples, some collected under controversial donation and consent mechanisms, isn’t any clearer now than it was two years ago when US biotechnology ...

Recent studies of DNA from ancient remains suggest that, broadly-speaking, the Irish genetic landscape was established by the Bronze Age, when migrants from mainland Europe - probably belonging to ...

Scientists have mapped the DNA of an Irish person – an anonymous male volunteer – for the first time. Now the challenge is to find out which of the 300,000 previously unrecorded genetic ...

A new “DNA atlas” of Ireland is revealing some of the surprising ways historic kingdoms have influenced populations on the island—and it offers the first genetic evidence that Vikings ...

Irish people's DNA was previously thought to be very homogeneous, but new research suggests they may have much more genetic influence from other groups. Experts believe that a majority of Irish ...

Archaeologists have long assumed that Stone Age tombs in Ireland were built for royalty. But a new analysis of DNA from 55 skeletons found in these 5,000-year-old graves suggests that the tombs ...

Many passage tombs, including the Newgrange passage tomb, still adorn the landscape of Ireland and are older than Stonehenge and the Egyptian pyramids. In the later Neolithic period, DNA analysis ...

Ireland's DNA Database System has grown by 20% and contains 58,703 DNA profiles, a new report has found. It comes as 920 crime investigations, including robberies, firearms offences, serious ...

believes he is the first person to gain Irish citizenship solely based on the results of a DNA test, the Irish Times reported. John Portmann, a professor from Arizona, was shocked to learn of his ...

I didn’t even know I was 1% Irish.” Portmann was told by a friend that he should contact a “DNA detective” – a private investigator who helps identify people’s unknown fathers and mothers.