The President of Ireland Michael D. Higgins paid tribute to the First Nations of Canada and Native Americans for their contributions to Irish Famine relief in 1847 at the National Famine Commemoration ...

Poet, musician, singer, wit, polemicist, journalist, biographer and letter-writer, Thomas Moore (May 28, 1779 – February 25,1852) was one of the most brilliant figures of the Regency as well as the ...

ONE of the two teenagers who died after getting into difficulty in the sea in Co. Donegal last week has been described as ‘a true ambassador of hope’. Emmanuel Familola, 16, died in the tragedy in ...

POLICE have charged a man with attempted murder after a car collided with pedestrians in Co. Down. The incident occurred on Main Street in Millisle shortly after 11pm on Saturday and saw two people ...

THOUSANDS of people descended on Dublin on Saturday to join the National Demonstration for Palestine. Organised by the Ireland Palestine Solidarity Campaign (IPSC), the event saw supporters march from ...

A WOMAN arrested in Belfast after going on the run for two years to avoid sentencing for drug-related offences has been jailed. Emily MacArthur, 34, of no fixed address, failed to appear at Swindon ...

PRESIDENT Michael D. Higgins has led the tributes to Irish poet Paul Durcan, who has passed away at the age of 80. Author of more than 20 volumes of poetry, he was known for his sharp, satirical voice ...

A FORENSIC examination of missing Michael Gaine’s farm is continuing today after human remains were discovered on the site. Mr Gaine, 56, was reported missing from his home near Kenmare in Co. Kerry ...

A MAN has been arrested on suspicion of the murder of missing Co. Kerry farmer, Michael Gaine. Mr Gaine, 56, was reported missing from his home near Kenmare on Friday, March 21, having last been seen ...

POLICE have named two men who died in separate road traffic collisions on Friday as Paddy McDonald and Philip Taylor. Mr McDonald, 62, was riding a bicycle when it was involved in a collision with a ...

One warm summer evening last year, I picked up a first edition of The Country Girl from the bookshelf in a house where I was staying and I did not leave my place by the window until I had read it from ...