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Fascinating interviews with 32 people, including Frank Aiken, Seán MacBride and Máire Comerford

When it comes to equestrian sport, county Longford has always punched above its weight. Local lads, Michael Kelly, Gerry Flynn and Eddie Macken have been leadin...

It was a broom closet that helped land Patrick Bergin his most famous movie role. His face creases into a smile when he recalls the moment that he was chosen to play one of cinema’s most monstrous villains. The part? Julia Roberts’s abusive husband in Sleeping with the Enemy.

Any discussion involving an objective assessment of our historical past is rendered difficult for a number of different reasons which are linked to each other.

The year was 1981, and Irish American elected officials – including the junior U.S. Senator from Delaware, Joe Biden – had plenty of reasons to be concerned. Yes, another festive St. Patrick’s Day in Washington D.C., was approaching. But so were some of the darkest days of the Troubles in Northern Ireland. Amidst rising clashes

A bitter row has broken out within the SDLP after one of its council candidates in Newry pulled out of the race at the eleventh hour.

106 years ago, on Easter week, the 1916 Rising took place bringing the fight for Ireland's independence to Dublin's streets. How many of these facts did you know?

“Gentlemanly”, “affable” and “astute” are the descriptions most often applied to Kevin Bakhurst.

Elon Musk clashed with BBC reporter James Clayton during an interview over the broadcasters independence.

Public opinion is split over a proposal to rename a bridge over the Royal Canal in Dublin in memory of 14 people killed by British soldiers in Croke Park in 1920.