According to Ravensgard.org, potatoes began appearing in Irish soup at the beginning of the 18th century; they were used as a thickening agent to widen the average Irishman’s diet. Today, potato ...

When it comes to his Irish identity, the obvious black mark against Sheeran is Galway Girl – not so much a song as a harbinger of the music apocalypse, with fiddles that sound like a caterwaul ...

Irish paper 1 presented students with topics like AI and asked them to consider if Ireland is a good country to live in, as the Leaving Cert exams continued on Monday afternoon. The 2025 higher ...

Irish MEPs found time to chat to Chinese diplomats, associations of football supporters, tech and pharmaceutical lobbyists, and politicians from the disputed territory of Western Sahara, logs show.

Andy Farrell has named six Irish players, including a fit-again Tadhg Furlong, in the British & Irish Lions squad for a historic first match on Irish soil, when they face Argentina at Dublin’s ...

He received his first Irish passport at the age of 30. His family came to Ireland as political programme refugees in 2002. "I am from Kurdistan and was born in a refugee camp in Iraq," Mr Moradi said.

The 50th anniversary of the Irish Fair, which attracts about 10,000 visitors each year, will take place on Saturday and Sunday, June 14-15, in Torrance.

This comes 19 years after about 57 Irish immigrants working for Pennsylvania Railroad were found at Duffy’s Cut in Malvern in a mass grave. Some died from cholera, while others were murdered.

Irish firefighter charged with rape tells jurors: ‘I’ve done nothing wrong.’ By Camilo Fonseca and Ava Berger Globe Staff and Globe Correspondent, Updated June 13, 2025, 3:39 p.m.

Two 14-year-old boys were accused of sexually assaulting a teenage girl. The charges were read to the teenagers via a Romanian interpreter, the BBC reported. Police are investigating attacks on ...

Irish solar has been hitting record generation levels lately, with new peaks for solar power recorded on the grid in March and May. In March, Ireland reached a new daily peak record with over 750 ...