A FIREFIGHTER was attacked during a ‘challenging’ evening for the Northern Ireland Fire & Rescue Service (NIFRS) as it dealt with 72 bonfire-related incidents over the Eleventh Night. Area Commander ...

GARDAÍ have appealed for information after a man in his 60s died following a collision involving a motorcycle and a tractor-trailer in Co. Dublin. The incident occurred on the Old Airport Road in ...

TAOISEACH Micheál Martin has responded to US president Donald Trump’s proposed 30 per cent tariffs on imports from the EU, calling instead for a negotiated deal in which ‘everyone wins’. Mr Trump ...

The descendants of Irish people sold into slavery in the 1600s live in a close-knit community beset by poverty and ill health. During the winter of 1636, a ship bearing a consignment of 61 men and ...

Daniel O'Connell is remembered as the Liberator of Irish Catholics, but he also played a significant role in the movement to end slavery.

As the U.S. Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade, ending the right to abortion upheld for decades, Niall O’Dowd looks at how abortion became legal in Ireland in this extract from his book A New Ireland ...

The Comstock Lode in Nevada, uncovered in 1859 by two Irish laborers, ultimately produced more than $500 million worth of silver, a large share of which went to the Irish-American “Big Four” – James ...

ALLERGAN, the pharmaceutical company best known for producing Botox at its long-standing plant in Westport, has officially re-domiciled to the United States under new ownership by American pharma ...

From the coal mines to Hollywood, the Pennsylvania Irish have shaped America for over three centuries. William Penn may have been a trailblazer when it came to American freedom and religious tolerance ...

FLUTTER Entertainment, the parent company of betting giants Paddy Power and Betfair, has announced there has been a major data breach that may have exposed the personal information of up to 800,000 ...

There was world renowned musician Yo-Yo Ma on center stage, playing an audacious solo of Danny Boy on his cello before 8,000 enraptured listeners. Mid-way through the performance and without missing a ...