Ireland not a ‘land of welcomes’ for refugees
By PJ Cunningham
The decision not to go ahead with converting a hotel in the West of Ireland to a base for asylum seekers...
Varadkar: Rejoining Commonwealth “not on agenda”
By Colin Gannon
Ireland rejoining the Commonwealth is “not on the agenda,” Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has said, after the proposal was applauded by delegates at...
Burials for unknown Irish WW1 soldiers
Two burial services have taken place on the Western Front, in Belgium and France, honouring four unknown Irish soldiers who died during the First...
BBC coverage of Ireland ‘lacks depth’, says former executive
By Colin Gannon
Irish issues have not been “properly explored or scrutinised” by the BBC since the Troubles ended, including it's "limited" Brexit coverage, according...
Protestors demand Ireland boycott Israel’s Eurovision
By PJ Cunningham
Major events in sports and entertainment have long been targeted as a means of getting political messages to a wider public....
Two in three Irish ‘in favour’ of diaspora vote
By Colin Gannon
A majority in Ireland support extending presidential election voting rights to Irish citizens abroad and in Northern Ireland, according to a recent...
Cross-party calls for Bradley to resign ‘untenable’ position
Colin Gannon
The families of victims killed in a bloody massacre during the Troubles are demanding the resignation of Northern Ireland secretary Karen Bradley after...
Campaigners defending Irish citizenship take case to Brussels
Colin Gannon
Northern Ireland residents who wish to assert their Irish nationality and EU citizenship rights after Brexit are inadequately protected by Theresa May’s current...
I’ll visit all 32 Irish counties, vows Prince Charles
Heir to the British throne Prince Charles, who fifty years ago this month became the Prince of Wales, kicked off St Patrick’s Day celebrations...
Survey of squirrels and pine martens needs help from Irish public
The Irish public is being invited to participate in a survey seeking to determine the latest distribution of red and grey squirrels and the...