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Academics who are refusing to teach over Rhodes statue row are accused of hypocrisy after benefitting from legacies built on forced labour

By Hamish MacPherson Back in the Day According to myth, a Scottish nobleman, Henry St Clair or Sinclair, the First Earl of Orkney, sailed to Greenland and then North America IT was in this week of the year 1398 that a Scotsman discovered the American continent. Now all you fans of Christopher Columbus need not panic because I am certainly not going to claim that the Americas were discovered by the Scots nearly a hundred years before the Italian-born explorer navigated his way across the Atlantic to claim he had found a route to the E...

From glorious countryside and history, to Athlone town and of course Mullingar (hometown of Niall Horan) this midland county has much to offer its visitors. Here are just five of the most popular attractions in County Westmeath.

Gerry Kelly undertook a county-wide tour of some of his favourite musical venues... Cork's churches

Mystery of Patrick Sarsfield’s grave may finally be solved Independent.ie 16/02/2021 Allison Bray Officials from France and Belgium believe they may have solved the mystery of the final resting place of Irish war hero Patrick Sarsfield after more than three centuries. Sarsfield, the First Earl of Lucan, was killed during the August 29, 1693 Battle of Landen or Neerwinden in Belgium during the Nine Year’s War but his remains have never been found. An estimated 12,000 Jacobite soldiers and their families fled to France from Ireland under Sarsfield’s command following the...