MICHEL MARTIN has outlined plans for a five-day visit to the United States, which will include a… ...

THE Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation, along with public sector trade union Fórsa, have today served notice of industrial action to the Health Service Executive. The move – which HSE Chief ...

Irish music fans, get ready to be captivated! The Shamrock Tenors hailed as “Ireland’s most exciting new folk music sensation,” are set to light up stages as they embark on their inaugural North ...

Captain Charles Boycott, an ordinary man though in possession of a repellent personality, has gone on to immortality due to his behavior in 19th Century Mayo. Formerly an obscure officer in the ...

The names O’Byrne and O’Beirne (or Byrne and Beirne) are often regarded as variants of the same name, much to the annoyance of the less-common Beirnes. In fact, the names spring from totally different ...

The matriarch of one of Chicago’s best-known Irish-American clans, who was among the last-living links to the early 20th-century origins of the National Football League, has died. Virginia Halas ...

A MAN has been taken to hospital following an arson attack on a home in Co. Tyrone. The incident took place in the Riverview Park area of Omagh in the early hours of Saturday morning. Police have bow ...

GARDAÍ have seized 1.5kg of suspected cocaine following a raid on a home in Co. Limerick. The drugs, which are estimated to have a street value of €105k, were discovered as part of ongoing operations ...