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 ...

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 ...

Although Christopher Columbus’s body traveled almost as much dead as it did alive, we know that he was originally buried in the Franciscan convent of San Francisco in Valladolid. But on the plaque ...

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

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

Aid to the Church in Need Ireland reached a special milestone this week as for the first time ever more than 15,000 Irish children came together in a prayerful plea for peace in for world. From ...

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

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 ...

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.

Catholic churches across northern Lake County will merge over the next "several years" into four parishes, the Diocese of Gary said, in an effort to offset the impact of shrinking numbers of ...