An extract from Michael Scanlon’s book on his life growing up in Irish America, “Rolling Up the Rug: An American Irish Story.” “They were… Read More »When New York was Irish, in summers long ago

Was John Boyle O’Reilly the greatest Irish American of all? The Irish poet, journalist, author, and activist was born on June 28, 1844 in Meath.… Read More »On This Day: Irish poet, writer and nationalist John Boyle O’Reilly was borrn

Women’s Aid, Ireland’s national, feminist organisation working to prevent and address the impact of domestic violence and abuse, including coercive control, recorded the highest level… Read More »Irish org received more than 46k disclosures of domestic abuse and violence last year

Ireland’s Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade, Simon Harris TD, published the General Scheme of the Israeli Settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory… Read More »Ireland becomes first EU country to move on banning trade with Israeli-occupied territories

Experience a different side of Ireland with CIE Tours’ new Walking & Hiking tours for 2026. For more than 90 years, CIE Tours has been… Read More »Discover where nature meets heritage with CIE Tours’ NEW Ireland Walking & Hiking tours

Ireland’s Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs has outlined the actions he is taking in response to the new social media vetting procedures for Irish… Read More »Tanaiste to raise new Irish student visa vetting with US Ambassador to Ireland

‘CEARTA: A National Protest for the Irish language and the Gaeltacht’ will take place on Saturday, September 20 in Dublin. Conradh na Gaeilge, the democratic… Read More »Irish language advocates announce major national rally for reforms this September

Irish people love adjectives. This may seem absurd at first, but I believe Irish people’s love of descriptors runs far deeper than others’ appreciation of… Read More »What’s with Irish people’s brilliant love of adjectives?

Britain may be associated with royal families, but there are plenty of famous Irish Royal couples scattered throughout Irish history.  From the mythological Queen Medb… Read More »Most famous Irish royal couples of all time

Ancient Order of Hibernians National President Sean Pender describes the British strategy for handling Troubles-legacy cases in the following pithy way: “Deny, Delay, and Wait… Read More »The fight for the truth about Paul “Topper” Thompson’s murder