A year and a half ago, Declan Friel was, by his own estimation, overweight and determined to do something about it, so he started boxing. This Frid...

Pic of Day: New York State Comptroller Tom DiNapoli came through a winner in his Democratic Party primary on Tuesday. DiNapoli had faced two oppone...

Ballydoyle-based trainer Aidan O’Brien expects that Epsom Derby winner Christmas Day will run in the Irish Derby at the Curragh on Sunday next wher...

Pic of Day: New York State Comptroller Tom DiNapoli came through a winner in his Democratic Party primary on Tuesday. DiNapoli had faced two oppone...

Pic of Day: Relaxing in the welcome shade in St. Stephens Green, Dublin. Temperatrues in Ireland are expected to rise into the high 80s over the ne...

The Irish Heritage Trust has launched a new video entitled "Closing the Circle: HonouringCherokee Aid for Ireland in 1847" at the Consulate General...

Fifty-four years. That is how long the families of the Springhill victims waited for justice. Fifty-four years before a British Prime Minister fina...

THE bulletholes from the August 1969 sectarian pogrom against the people of the Falls area are still visible on the front wall of St Comgall’s Prim...

Detainees facing no formal charges going on hunger strike. Protestors outside the walls and barbed wire. Rubber bullets being fired at protestors. ...

Part 1 Jay Gatsby is one of literature’s most iconic figures. He’s thought of, too, as one who’s quintessentially American — being self-made and re...

Few photographers have captured Ireland with the intimacy, dignity and artistry of Cork-born John Minihan. Over a career spanning more than five de...

Let’s get this straight. Cook County Circuit Court Judge William “Bill” Gamboney is ¾ Irish. “My mother was a Fallon.” Bill is also one of the most...

For an artist who began without formal training or connections to the art establishment, the journey from Belfast streets to a major conference in ...

Top Irish American advocates in the Boston area have pledged to step up efforts to forge links with Northwest Ireland. The senior figures in the Ir...

Ballydoyle-based trainer Aidan O’Brien expects that Epsom Derby winner Christmas Day will run in the Irish Derby at the Curragh on Sunday next wher...

The Republic of Ireland women’s team are facing an expensive trip to Astana in October for the semi-final of their World Cup play-off against Kazak...