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THE point of the item was to demonstrate that people in polar opposite positions can find empathy and even love. This was on The Tommy Tiernan Show on...
A REPORT a few years ago by the European Commission found Ireland to be the loneliest country in Europe. Twenty per cent of Irish people stated that...
WHILE most look forward to Easter, whether for the religious significance, glut of chocolate, or simply a day off, some brace as the holiday looms:...
IRELAND still has clans. You can buy maps on tea towels in tourism shops which show you the regions from which old Gaelic family names come. My crowd,...
BEING an insignificant country has its benefits. It is not like we can do much about it anyway, but being a small island on the western edge of the...
I DON’T know what to make of George Mitchell. I know the impression he made in Ireland when he was President Clinton’s envoy and chaired the peace...
THE ESRI, the Economic and Social Research Institute, recently revealed some very interesting facts about immigration in Ireland. Indeed, some of what...
THERE are certain headlines that make you put the kettle back on. “Fergie flees to Donegal” parped the Daily Mail. It was a ‘kettler’. Now, as...
THE racist abuse of Edwin Edogbo after he made his debut for the Ireland rugby team should surprise absolutely nobody. The IRFU had to turn off social...
IT’S NOT a wedding present I would have thanked you for, but no one was complaining when the late Queen bestowed another title on her son Andrew,...
ST PATRICK’S season is almost upon us. The trans-Atlantic calendar kicks into gear, and Ireland prepares for its annual global moment. Plans for the...
I WAS baptised twice. The first time was, I think, on the day I was born, a premature twin, with some doubt hanging over both of us about whether we...
JUST after the New Year I did two of the most Irish things simultaneously - I saw someone off at the airport and then went straight to a funeral. I...
AER Lingus could face sanctions from US authorities if it fails to comply fully with federal security instructions, former airline chief Willie Walsh...
WHEN Luke Kelly sang For What Died the Sons of Róisín, what do you think he meant? Of course, there is always a problem with interpreting the past...
MY heart lifts every year at roughly the same moment, though I can never quite predict the day. I...
IT IS springtime in Ireland. In England it is still winter. Actually, the weather is usually much...
SOME twenty years ago we nearly moved to an offshore island. We were living in a rented wooden c...
BY-ELECTIONS are often brutal but few might match the bruising contest looming in Gorton and Dent...
IN ANTICIPATION of a major war with Russia in the next few years, several European countries are ...
I NEVER really thought about it until one day I was sitting in a church and wondered why it is I ...
THERE are days when I read about the Catholic Church and feel a strange mix of familiarity and di...
IRELAND is a country which esteems itself well. It has made a transition through several differe...
THE National Economic and Social Council recently pointed out the challenges Ireland is going to ...
WE Irish are good at leaving. We have centuries of practice. One of the saddest things I read re...
IRELAND is damp and dreary at this time of year. The Irish, perhaps more than most, think it alm...
I SAW a few things in 2025 I wasn’t expecting to see on the streets of Ireland anytime soon. I sa...
IN the early 1980s, Waterford was a city holding its breath. Where once it had soared on the gle...
THERE is now a lot more discussion in Ireland around the question of Irish unity. The country was...
BOOTS has doubled its footprint at one of its Dublin stores following an extensive expansion proj...
THE Irish Government has purchased 100 acres of land next to the Glen of the Downs beauty spot in...
THE Irish Government has increased surveillance at farms across the country after an outbreak of ...
TESCO Ireland has opened a new superstore in Dublin bringing 80 new jobs to the area. Located in ...
YOU can watch the winter solstice at one of Ireland’s ancient landmarks from the comfort of your ...
GARDAÍ have appealed for witnesses to come forward after a driver died in a collision in Cork cit...
AN ANNIVERSARY appeal has been issued today for information on the murder of Mayo woman Sandra Co...
A MAN has been extradited from Northern Ireland to Lithuania over child human trafficking offence...
TRIBUTES have been paid to the architect and television presenter Hugh Wallace who has died at th...
Former Irish Ambassador DANIEL MULHALL reviews Leo Varadkar’s autobiography FULL disclosure. Leo ...
THIS is quite a frightening time in Irish politics. In Irish society. Not since the 1930s have we...
THE sight of St George and Union flags appearing across Britain has caused alarm. There is more t...
Politics in Northern Ireland is getting a little interesting. This is partly due to growing disaf...
THE sight of mobs baying outside hotels containing asylum seekers. The same mobs usurping the un...
DRIVING through north Donegal we noticed that some of the road signs were defaced. One was a sign...
NO ONE will be playing conkers in Ireland this autumn. Maybe no one would anyway. I’m not sure th...
IS INISHEER one of the most beautiful songs there has ever been? I’ve heard it played on an acco...
CIVIL liberties are under attack in the UK. These ancient rights, like free speech, right of asse...
WORKING for the BBC as a religious affairs journalist in Northern Ireland meant that I had to be ...
YOU’LL have heard the phrase blow-in. It’s used here in Ireland to describe those who move into a...
MY FRIEND Lyra McKee died from a gunshot wound and became a symbol of a post-Troubles generation....
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