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 ...

STAYCITY has opened its newest Wilde location in London which bears the new logo and branding undertaken by the Irish firm. Headquartered in Dublin and co-founded by Kilkenny-born brothers Tom and Ger ...

A PENSIONER has died after the car she was driving collided with a number of parked cars in Dublin. The woman, aged in her 80s, was involved in a serious collision yesterday morning when her car ...

A BELFAST man has been jailed for a “horrific” assault on his ex-partner. Jordan Samuel Spence, of Lawnbrook Drive in the city, was sentenced at Laganside Crown Court yesterday, after pleading guilty ...

THE sinking of a smuggling ship in Co. Mayo has been delayed due to bad weather in Ireland. The MV Shingle is currently in dry dock in New Ross Harbour in Co. Wexford, but it is due to make its way to ...

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 ...

TRIBUTES have been paid to an Irishman who died while on holiday in Sardinia. Kilkenny native John Bergin went missing on September 6 while hiking on the Italian island. A search operation was stood ...

BELFAST based author Michael Magee has won the annual John McGahern Prize for his debut novel Close to Home. The book, which tells the story of two working-class brothers in post-Troubles Northern ...

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 ...