On December 4, 1154, Nicholas Breakspear, the first and only Englishman to ascend to the papacy, was unanimously elected the ...

Slavery is perhaps one of the oldest profit making endeavors in human history and the Irish were a special target for a ...

Co Laois is home to a towering medieval fortress that allows visitors to experience a different chapter of Ireland's past ...

A Century of the Irish Passport," the new exhibit at EPIC: The Irish Emigration Museum, highlights the evolution of the Irish ...

Flanked by the Knockmealdown Mountains to the north and blown by fresh ocean breezes, the Blackwater Valley is rich in ...

Today is Thursday, April 24, the 114th day of 2025. There are 251 days left in the year. Today in history: On April 24, 1916, Irish republicans launched the Easter Rising, a rebellion against British ...

The changes, if implemented, would be one of the biggest reorganizations of the Department since its founding in 1789. The 16-page draft has been spread among diplomats around the world ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The peak of Croagh Patrick dominates the skyline of Westport, a pretty town on Ireland’s Atlantic coast.

Here we publish a list of ones being run by the Church of Ireland. One of those hosting such a service was Clive Atkinson of Willowfield Church of Ireland in east Belfast, who said the practice ...

Controversial MMA fighter Conor McGregor has claimed that Ireland is 'losing its Irishness' as he sat down with US commentator Tucker Carlson to discuss immigration and his unlikely bid to become ...

The Masters champion has arrived back to the motherland. Rory McIlroy arrived in Northern Ireland on Friday after earning his first Masters win nearly a week ago in Augusta, one that also ...

A new research project at the University of St.Gallen, funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation, will investigate how changes in aviation ...