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Ancient skeletal remains, which local historians believe could date back to ninth century Viking invaders, have been discovered on a farmland in Co...

A growing number of Irish applicants who applied for diversity visas only to have their hopes dashed by a State Department computer glitch are step...

Fiona Walsh will celebrate the first anniversary of her accidental career this Friday night and Saturday morning. It has its roots in a writing ass...

A large crowd turned out under stormy skies last Thursday evening in Manhattan for the New York launch of the memoir "My American Struggle for Just...

Maybe the recession isn't all bad. Police in the Republic have revealed that drug seizures have plummeted to a near 15-year low and are now back at...

Scientists at Queen's University in Belfast have developed a new drug for Cystic Fibrosis suffers by targeting the so-called Celtic gene, which is ...

Okay, it was Santa Monica not Santa Sligo or the like but the Whitey Bulger saga may well throw up a few Irish surprises given that he was quite po...

Nobody can accuse Sheila Houlihan of not going above and beyond the call of duty in her efforts to learn Irish. Over the past three years, she has ...

Two men are being held by gardaí after what is believed to have been a significant find of bomb-making material in County Louth. The men, both in t...

With the highest birth rate in the European Union it's no surprise that Ireland needs a lot of classroom space to educate its children. With this i...

Thousands of people descended on Dublin at the weekend for the annual Gay Pride parade through the city center. It was estimated that around 25,000...

Over the last decade, Irish golfers have made incredible strides on the world stage. This week, the spotlight has shone most brightly on Holywood, ...