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The Ó Máille family originally came from Portacarron near Oughterard which accounted for their Irish speaking background. Their landlord, Mrs Annie Nolan evicted them from their holding and they spent a number of years in temporary accommodation. When Mrs Nolan’s son wanted to run in an election, Isaac Butt, the Irish Parliamentary Party leader stipulated that his nomination would not be ratified until such time as his mother reinstated her evicted tenants and so the Ó...

The Ó Máille family originally came from Portacarron near Oughterard which accounted for their Irish speaking background. Their landlord, Mrs Annie Nolan evicted them from their holding and they spent a number of years in temporary accommodation. When Mrs Nolan’s son wanted to run in an election, Isaac Butt, the Irish Parliamentary Party leader stipulated that his nomination would not be ratified until such time as his mother reinstated her evicted tenants and so the Ó...

Gilbert O’Sullivan was made a Freeman of Waterford City and County at a ceremony in City Hall on Wednesday.

Michelle McGoff-McCann shares an extract from her book, The Irish Coroner: Death, Murder and Politics in Co. Monaghan, 1846-78, published by Four Courts Press.

The logic of a sprawling Oscar Wilde on Merrion Square demands two further statues: one of his mother, the poet Jane Elgee ‘Speranza’ Wilde and, no less, of her uncle Charles Maturin father of Gothic literature in Ireland

Sinn Féin Vice President Michelle O’Neill spoke at a key fringe event at this year’s Labour Party conference. She was joined by Labour’s Shadow Home Secretary Hilary Benn, Opposition Leader in the ...

Despite being banned, the Hist is set to celebrate its official status as the world’s oldest college debating society

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Environmentalists Greta Thunberg and Duncan Stewart have both been awarded the Freedom of the City of Dublin at a ceremony tonight in the Mansion House on Dawson Street.

ENVIRONMENTAL campaigners Greta Thunberg and Duncan Stewart have been awarded the Freedom of the City of Dublin. Lord Mayor of Dublin, Caroline Conroy conferred the awards at a ceremony held at Dublin’s Mansion House last night. Swedish environmentalist Ms Thunberg was unable to attend the event in person, instead two members of the Youth Climate