Along with writing, Flanagan spent a decade as the editor of Musician magazine. His 1995 book, U2 at the End of the World, ...

Sean Mac Bride’s career spans the history of independent Ireland. His father was executed by the British after the 1916 Rising, when Irish independence was first proclaimed. As a teenager he fought in ...

Mairéad became the leader of the IRA women. As Officer Commanding, she was determined to see the women recognized as ...

As an Irish senator, Lawless fought hard for the right of Irish living abroad like himself to be allowed to vote in Irish ...

Waterford, once called the hidden gem of Ireland, is now a tourist destination known for its extravagant festivities. Its annual harvest festival in September attracted upwards of 40,000 visitors. The ...

A MILESTONE has been achieved in the Irish Defence Forces this week as a senior medical officer became the nation’s first graduate of military medicine. “History was made this week as Ireland ...

TWO Irish entrepreneurs are in the running to be Lord Alan Sugar’s next business partner in the latest series of The Apprentice Series 19 of the popular television competition will air this month, ...

SAXOPHONE player and singer Paddy Cole has died at the age of 85. A familiar face from Ireland’s showband scene, the popular jazz artist hailed from Castleblayney in Monaghan. His death comes after he ...

IRELAND will effectively go into lockdown overnight as it braces for the impact of what is being forecast as the “worst storm it has ever seen”. Storm Éowyn is set make landfall in the early hours of ...

Blue Road will be released in Irish cinemas on January 31. Then there is Spacewoman, a look at the extraordinary accomplishments of Irish-American astronaut Eileen Collins, the first woman to pilot ...

AN armed robber was arrested after targeting a store which had two plain-clothed gardaí inside. The man attempted to rob a retail premises on Military Road in Dublin 8 at around 6.55pm last night ...