The Government is to introduce online verification processes that will effectively ban under-16s from social media, Extra.ie understands. Media Minister Patrick O’Donovan has told the… Read More »Social media ban on the way for under-16s amid ‘the question of which is more important’

Unlike many of the boundless territories of west Donegal, Glencolmcille is a distinct locus, a place of clear, knowable boundaries, locked in by the Atlantic… Read More »Exploring Atlantic Ocean’s coast at Glencolmcille, Donegal

Acclaimed playwright Eugene O’Neill, a Nobel Laureate in Literature, died on this day November 27, 1953. We remember the “Long Day’s Journey into Night” playwright by… Read More »Celebrating Eugene O’Neill on the anniversary of his death

The Famine Irish settled in large numbers along the Brooklyn waterfront after the Great Hunger and continued to pour in throughout the late 1800s. From Greenpoint to the… Read More »Brooklyn’s forgotten Irishtown and the whiskey wars it waged

Almost every schoolchild in America for generations learned the following ditty: “Lizzie Borden took an ax and gave her mother forty whacks. When she saw what… Read More »Lizzie Borden’s Irish maid… Did she witness the murders?

At nearly one billion liters of Guinness sold per year, it has become one of the world’s most recognizable Irish brands. And though it is… Read More »How Guinness saved Ireland in World War II

Black Friday 2025 has arrived and Ireland’s top homegrown brands are serving up blockbuster savings across beauty, fashion and education, making this the perfect moment… Read More »Black Friday 2025: Top Irish brand offers you won’t want to miss

If the Irish had created Thanksgiving, it would have been called Giving Out Day. We’re usually much better at complaining than at giving thanks, but… Read More »Signature Irish dishes to complement your Thanksgiving dinner table

On November 4, 1963, President John F. Kennedy signed this Thanksgiving proclamation, which asked God “to guide and sustain us in the great unfinished tasks… Read More »JFK’s final Thanksgiving wish – “let us be humbly thankful for inherited ideals”

There’s a lot of misinformation circulating online about why Enoch Burke keeps being sent to jail, with many people on social media and some media… Read More »Why was Enoch Burke jailed? No, it’s not because of pronouns