Thomas Cahill, author of How the Irish Saved Civilization, talks to Patricia Harty. Thomas Cahill was born one of six children to a middleclass Irish family in the Bronx. He grew up in Queens, New ...

Irish entries with a Northern flavor at the Sundance Film Festival. Park City Utah, home of the increasingly popular Sundance Film Festival, is a long way from Belfast, Northern Ireland. The only ...

NORTHERN Ireland Secretary Hilary Benn showed Dáithí Mac Gabhann his organ donor card as he confirmed the Government’s continued commitment to the law created in the young campaigner’s name.

Colin Lacey reviews an eclectic mix of the latest albums on the Irish music scene. Twice as prolific as most performers half his age, Van Morrison shows no sign of slowing down after more than 30 ...

TWO new projects have been confirmed by the British Government to provide ‘greater transparency’ on their policies in Northern Ireland during its most turbulent years. Secretary of State for Northern ...

DRUGS and miniature mobile phones which were set to be smuggled into Irish prisons have been seized by gardaí. Officers investigating the smuggling of controlled drugs and contraband into Wheatfield, ...

TWO men who committed sexual offences against two girls more than 25 years ago have been jailed. At Birmingham Crown Court on Tuesday, 64-year-old Paul Doyle was sentenced to six-and-a-half-years, ...

CANADA’S Prime Minister Mark Carney has found himself at the heart of a trade war with the United States. For Irish observers of the growing imbroglio, there’s added interest: three of Carney’s four ...

TÁNAISTE Simon Harris has flown to the United States for talks to negotiate a solution between the EU and the US on tariffs. The latest round of President Donald Trump’s tariffs came into effect on ...

US PRESIDENT Donald Trump has proposed new tariffs on pharmaceuticals being imported into the States in a move that could significantly impact Ireland. Despite being a lucrative market, ...

THE Good Friday Agreement has been described as a “remarkable achievement” as the 27 th anniversary of its signing falls today. On April 10, 1981 the Belfast (Good Friday) Agreement was signed by then ...

A NEW initiative announced today will see the Irish Government engage with members of the diaspora across Britain and further afield to deepen their connections to their homeland. The Shared Home ...