This week, after 35 years of campaigning by his family, the British government finally agreed to establish an independent ...

Sculptor Martin Milmore of Boston (1844-1883), admired for his Civil War sculptures and for his classical statuary and busts ...

AN IRISH woman has reportedly died in the sea off the coast of Sardinia. L’Unione Sarda reports that the 62-year-old tourist was swept into the water at the seaside village of Portu Maga on Tuesday.

YOUNG Irish magician Cillian O’Connor has set a Guinness World Record for performing the most magic tricks in one minute. The 15-year-old, who shot to fame last year when he finished third in ...

THE WIDOW of solicitor Pat Finucane has welcomed the announced today that an independent public inquiry will finally be held into his death. Despite recommendations over the years, there has been no ...

A MAN has been hospitalised after being attacked by a gang armed with baseball bats in Newry. The incident occurred in the Helen’s Terrace area of the city at around 10.20pm on Tuesday. Investigators ...

The families of McMahon and O’Mahoney are related only by the common derivation of their names from the Irish name Mahon (in Gaelic Mathuna) which was a personal name, meaning a bear. The O’Mahoney or ...

A WOMAN in her 80s has died following a collision in Dublin. The incident occurred at around 10.30am today at Hillside Drive in Rathfarnham, Dublin 14. According to gardaí, the woman was fatally ...

A look at Irish and Irish American actors who portray space travelers in some of the most provocative and interesting shows on television. The crowd milling around the snack table near the entrance to ...

IRELAND’S Minister for Public Expenditure will be granted the Freedom of the City of London. Paschal Donohoe, the Fine Gael TD for Dublin Central and Chairman of the Eurogroup, claims he is ...

AN ATTACK on a young family in south Belfast is being treated as a racially-motivated hate crime by police. The incident, which happened on Monday night in the Vernon Street area of the city, has left ...

Although Ireland itself remained neutral during World War II, Irish Americans provided some of that war’s most celebrated heroes. There were aviators Colin Kelly, Thomas B. McGuire, and Edward H.