A new scholarly study reveals how the Nobel-winning poet’s verse reflects a profoundly sacramental imagination.

A Northern Irish candidate can stand in the election – indeed, the Belfast-born Mary McAleese served as president from 1997-2011 – but not vote for themselves, unless they live in the Republic. This ...

In the women’s EYHL Division 1, Catholic Institute host Portadown at Rosbrien. The Limerick side have endured a difficult start and currently sit bottom of the table. Portadown, newcomers to the ...

The TV3 journalist was a very well-known name in Ireland, not only for her television work, but also in politics - but now ...

Indeed, in later years, the BBC television series Dad's Army summed up the lively sense of the ridiculous and the underlying respect for humour that became something of a national characteristic.

The death has occurred of William Maxwell, of Cashel, Glencolmcille. Mr Maxwell passed away at the Donegal Hospice, ...

Banned books that changed literature forever Throughout history, certain books have been deemed so threatening to social ...

Edward Carson, one of the founding figures of Northern Ireland, had contracted bronchial pneumonia in June 1935 but by July ...

I’ve spent over 40 years living in global cities like London and New York, and I can say confidently that “cool” is not the term I would use for underfunded communities plagued by crumbling ...

Listen to the RTÉ Short Story Competition 2025 stories nightly on Late Date from Monday 13 October (full broadcast schedule ...

An Irish composer who broke the rules, Jamie Duffy weaves the traditional folk of his childhood with Lana Del Rey ...

I queued on the narrow stairs of the second floor of the Cafe waiting to be let in for the debut of Mortal Sin, directed by ...