In the first sea fight of the Revolutionary War, the American sloop Unity, in command of Capt. Jeremiah O’Brien of Machias, ...

It is a measure of Brian Friel’s stature or modesty-as a playwright of international acclaim that he is very surprised to hear mention of The Diviner, a collection of ten short stories he first ...

But they are, in fact, amongst Ireland’s most northerly mountains, ranging roughly from Donegal Town northwards towards ...

MEN’S ACTION NETWORK coordinator Michael Lynch has warned of a growing demand for men’s mental health support as the Derry charity struggles with funding and reduced staffing. Michael Lynch, a ...

We met the afternoon before he was to be interviewed on “Good Morning America” about his newest novel, An Occasion of Sin. He had just finished a vigorous swim as we sat down for some steaming hot tea ...

THE headquarters of Ireland’s leading Irish language organisation is getting a makeover. A sum of €5.4m has been approved to cover the further costs of renovating the Conradh na Gaeilge offices in ...

GARDAÍ say they are continuing to ‘investigate all of the circumstances’ following the discovery of two bodies at a house in Bray, Co. Dublin this morning. A man in his 30s and a woman in her 40s were ...

Did you know that Ireland is the true Home of Halloween ?

A MAN was left with serious injuries after being attacked with a machete in the early hours of this morning. Detectives are appealing for information following the assault in Belfast which happened ...

In fact, oats were one of the original domesticated grains in human history. Thousands of years ago, when the first Celts migrated from the European mainland to what is now Ireland they carried oat ...

“The Flax Trust succeeds in what I strive to do — which is: To Listen. Listen to what others are saying. “There is an enormous difference – a huge chasm, really – between hearing and listening. And ...