ON Saturday a packed St Mary’s gave a huge welcome to Martina Anderson, who was launching her personal and hugely important autobiography – ‘Choosi...

As the first-ever all-Ireland Fleadh Cheoil kicked off in Belfast, a top American labor leader was striking a chord with local government and trade...

In his celebrated poem “Easter, 1916,” William Butler Yeats wrote the words “changed, changed utterly.” Nowhere do those words seem more appropriat...

As the first-ever all-Ireland Fleadh Cheoil kicked off in Belfast, a top American labor leader was striking a chord with local government and trade...

Pic of Day: Strollers enjoying Monday's warm and sunny weather in the Irish National War Memorial Gardens in Dublin, this as Met Éireann forecasts ...

It is being hailed as a week like no other with record numbers attending Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann in Belfast. With hundreds of music events throug...

ON Saturday a packed St Mary’s gave a huge welcome to Martina Anderson, who was launching her personal and hugely important autobiography – ‘Choosi...

THERE are moments in the life of a city when history quietly turns a corner and you know instinctively that you are witnessing something that futur...

Living in the bustle of New York City you sometimes forget that there’s so much beautiful beachfront mere miles from your door. I’ve often written ...

In his celebrated poem “Easter, 1916,” William Butler Yeats wrote the words “changed, changed utterly.” Nowhere do those words seem more appropriat...

The taking of the Census on Sunday, April 18, 1926, was a notable news story in the Irish Free State. The release exactly 100 years later of the in...

My late grandfather Frank Houlihan was an Iron Worker who fell to his death while working on a building in 1916, leaving behind my dad, (who was 12...

In 2019, I decided to move to the abandoned Great Blasket Island. As we prepared for the crossing, duffel bags filled and ticked lists, writing a b...

Stories matter. For Irish Americans, they are a way to celebrate identity and ensure that we and the next generation know who we are and where we c...

Cork are All Ireland Senior Camogie champions for the third time in four years. Their 2-14 to 0-19 victory avenged Galway’s spoiling their three-in...

Katie Taylor has revealed she would have quit boxing if she not had the opportunity for a Croke Park swansong .The 39-year-old Bray-born boxer will...