Danny Treanor looks and acts like all the other Treanors now. But once he was the best boy soprano in Ireland. You would not think it to look at him now. But once an angel lived in his throat, for ...

The O’Briens are one of the great Gaelic families of Ireland, and were the rulers of the ancient kingdom of Thomond, which takes in much of the modern county Clare and also the adjacent parts of ...

When we decided to focus on the Irish American contribution to education in this issue we found we needed a wide lens indeed. On every level, from pre-school to the universities, Irish Americans have ...

NORTHERN IRELAND will introduce paid ‘safe leave’ for domestic abuse victims by early 2027. The entitlement, which will provide 10 days’ paid leave each year for workers experiencing domestic abuse, ...

IRELAND’S Foreign Affairs Minister has offered the nation’s support to the Gulf states while on a visit to the Middle East. Minister Helen McEntee began her visit yesterday, during which she will ...

A MAN has been jailed over the ‘tragic and avoidable’ death of his colleague in a workplace incident in Newry. Ian McCollum, 52, died after being struck by a telehandler driven by 53-year-old Walter ...

When Shivaun O’Casey first met Irish-born Nobel Literature Prize winner Samuel Beckett, she was a shy young girl of 16 studying acting in London. In the 32 years that have followed that meeting, she ...

Cohan’s father, Jerry Cohan, was widely known as one of the best traditional Irish dancers in all of New England. According to the Cohan biographer, John McCabe, Jerry Cohan’s specialty was working ...

Although the Irish Georgian Society has many admirers here in the United States, in my view it lacks sufficient appreciation and support on its native soil, (We Irish Americans are always quick to ...

PARENTS in Ireland are being urged to swap their disposable nappies for reusable cloth ones. An initiative launched at the Rotunda Hospital in Dublin is seeing new parents being given vouchers to ...

TROUBLES survivors gathered in London for an event marking the anniversary of an organisation launched to support peace, reconciliation and healing. Troubles, Tragedy and Trauma Northern Ireland UK ...

THREE ‘extremely rare’ Irish banknotes are expected to fetch a high price when they go under the hammer this month. The notes, which all bear the serial number 000001, will be among the lots up for ...