Varadkar rebuffs new PM’s backstop demands in first call
Taoiseach Leo Varadkar warned Boris Johnson today that he is heading for a Brexit collision course, telling the new British Prime Minister in a...
Emotional reunion for family from deserted Achill Island village
A family reunion has taken place in Achill Island after two members of the last family to live in a deserted village —along with...
One-fifth of Irish abuse victims who applied for support based in UK
More than a fifth of the institutional abuse victims who applied to the Irish government’s controversial financial support service, Caranua, left Ireland to live...
New grassroots Irish movement to stop no-deal Brexit
A lifelong Labour Party activist and former councillor has joined forces with a rebel MP, who resigned the Tory whip, to start a ‘David...
No Deal? No way…
Three former British Prime Ministers and various Irish government ministers have warned incoming PM Boris Johnson not to continue down the no-deal Brexit path...
The untold story of Irish women emigrating to Britain
Both a personal and professional project for historian Dr Jennifer Redmond, having lived in the UK as a child, her Moving Histories book is...
The story behind EPIC – Ireland’s award-winning emigration museum
Having lived and worked abroad for the majority of his adult life — Africa, the UK, America and now Dublin — Mervyn Greene felt...
Beef, broadband and Bailey deny Leo a break
PJ Cunningham’s look back at the past week in Irish politics.
Governments normally look forward to escaping public scrutiny during the summer recess –...
Parnells’ Brendan Lynch laid to rest in Meath
Parnells GAA club members provided a guard of honour for club stalwart Brendan Lynch, who was laid to rest last week after passing away suddenly in...
Nurse recruitment campaign scrapped
A campaign to attract hundreds of Irish nurses back to Ireland from overseas has been quietly dropped after just 120 nurses relocated from the...