First staged in 1907 in Dublin’s Abbey Theatre, The Playboy of The Western World famously enraged audiences who booed and ...

Oral and folk tradition recount that St. Brigid made a cross from rushes or reeds to explain Christianity to the faithful in much the same way Ireland’s patron saint, St. Patrick, used a shamrock to ...

In February, PBS will spotlight the musical traditions of Ireland with The Great Irish Songbook, a new special featuring ...

This year’s results were substantial: – Nearly $20,000 CAD raised for Jim Pattison Children’s Hospital (Saskatoon) – Nearly ...

The St. Brigit’s Bank Holiday weekend has arrived, bringing with it the traditional start of spring and a welcome shift after the heavy rain from Storm Chandra. With Imbolc marking lighter days ahead, ...

Segal, who died in 2024 at the age of 96, was only one year younger than Anne Frank, and grew up to become the kind of writer ...

Máire Ní Churraoin has made it her life's mission to preserve and pass on her love and knowledge of the Irish language. So ...

Local star and Little Heroes ambassador Anthony Boyle took a break from his busy filming schedule to spread Christmas cheer at the Royal Belfast Hospital for Sick Children. Boyle, known for his ...

In two recent Irish cases, boys who abused girls had been consuming porn from an early age. Gemma Kelly says we must curb children's access to porn that normalises violent non-consensual sex The boys ...

Deirdre is a columnist for The Irish News specialising in health and social care and politics. A Professor of Social Policy at Ulster University, she co-founded the Northern Ireland Life and Times ...

An Irish woman adopted from Guatemala returned to her orphanage - and taught the children Irish dancing. Maria Merriman, 29, travelled back to her country of birth 12 years after being adopted by an ...

It’s the most wonderful time of the year, and for many of us that means going to the same shows, seeing the same movies and doing the same things we’ve done in years before. It’s called tradition, and ...