Taoiseach: UK ‘trust has been eroded’
Taoiseach Micheal Martin has spoken with Prime Minister Boris Johnson about the British government publishing intended legislation which will violate key parts of the...
Irish lacrosse team bows out of comp to make way for Native American team
Ireland have withdrawn their lacrosse team from a tournament they had qualified for so that the Native American team named the Iroquois Nationals can...
Phil Hogan resigns over ‘Golfgate’
Phil Hogan has resigned as EU Commissioner, saying the controversy over his travel in Ireland during the Covid-19 restrictions had become ‘a distraction’.
Mr Hogan...
Democracy for sale
Flagrant financial rule breaking of the Vote Leave campaign during the EU referendum inspired Peter Geoghegan's latest book Democracy for Sale. He spoke to...
Irish family appeals to get teen specialist anorexia help in the UK
By David Hennessy
A Leixlip family have launched an appeal to get a fifteen-year-old girl suffering from anorexia into a specialist facility in London. Ana,...
Funeral of John Hume takes place
President Michael D Higgins and Taoiseach Micheál Martin were among the mourners as John Hume was laid to rest.
John Hume, a key figure in...
John Hume R.I.P.
Former SDLP leader and Nobel laureate John Hume has died.
He is regarded as one of the most important figures in Irish political history and...
Sean Ross Abbey child deaths ‘even worse than Tuam’
By David Hennessy
More than 1,000 children died over a 37-year period in the Sean Ross Abbey mother and baby home in Roscrea. This is an...
Virtual event for Tuam mother and baby home survivors
There will be a virtual event for survivors of the Tuam Mother and Baby Home this Thursday. It will include an introduction to the...
UK left out of Ireland’s travelling ‘Green List’
The Irish government has agreed its so-called Green List of countries from which travellers– including returning Irish residents– will not have to quarantine for...