Behan died in Dublin’s Meath Hospital on March 20th 1964, aged just 41. His coffin, draped in the Irish tricolour, was ...

Some of us are quite comfortable with being loved, but it is not as easy to embrace the side of the equation, which is to love ...

Initial filming for our two part documentary series on Gerry The Monk Hutch took place last Summer. Little did we know it at ...

"Ireland is a sanctuary" Joseph Hoban explores Ireland's enduring love affair with musician Marianne Faithfull, who has died at the age of 78.

The prospect of Irish Defence Forces making incursions into Northern Ireland was mooted after violence erupted there in 1969 ...

States spend a lot of cash and time preparing for emergencies like Storm Éowyn, but fail to act on these plans when disasters ...

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Taoiseach Jack Lynch's request followed many such demands by nationalists for the UN's engagement in Northern Ireland ...

When my Dad laughed one day at my indignation while relating how I shared these views in the Finding Brigid documentary, I realised that I too have been part of the problem. He bemusedly reminded me ...

Declan O'Rourke has released the 20th anniversary edition of his much-loved debut album, Since Kyabram. We asked him the BIG ...

The play centres around Maoilíosa, his grief and pain and his desire for revenge on the man he holds responsible for the death of his son. Fragile is a young man struggling to come to terms with the ...

AKA The Monk, new BBC crime drama Virdee and comedy Funboys, and the conclusion of The Balkans: Europe's Forgotten Frontier . . .