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WITH the Republic's economy still taking a hammering, a new bill by the Irish government aims to ease the pressure on those declared bankrupt. The ...

By Peter McDermott Highgate Cemetery in London is famous as the final resting place of Karl Marx. But Jimmy Burns (pictured above), a writer for th...

A DUBLIN woman found guilty of stealing more than €2 million from U2 bassist Adam Clayton used some of the money for flights to America. Carol Hawk...

The US-Ireland Alliance is not taking no from the U.S. state Department as an answer. The organization, which runs the Mitchell Scholarships progra...

The first time that IF caught up with Tom McGrath the catching up but was more metaphorical than literal. Tom was running a thousand miles for Sloa...

This handshake would have been unimaginable just a handful of years ago. Sinn Féin is describing the decision to agree to today's historic meeting ...

In what is a clear blow for the enormous prestige in Ireland enjoyed by former U.S. Senator George Mitchell, the U.S. State Department has moved to...

A Belfast man, who was the last person to be sentenced to death in the United Kingdom, has had his conviction for murdering a British soldier in 19...

IRISH language speaking areas in the Republic could soon be facing their biggest shake-up in decades, with fears that some could lose their status ...

YOUNG men are emigrating from Ireland at almost twice the rate of women, new findings have shown. Fears of a "gender imbalance" among the Irish pop...

A former IRA prisoner is to become a new Sinn Féin MLA at Stormont. Rosie McCorley's nomination comes after the party announced on Monday that Paul...

John Curran, an Irishman with a generous heart and a golden voice, died on Wednesday, June 21, after battling heart disease for many years. He was ...