This month is crunch time for the British government on one of the most prominent legal cases from the Northern Ireland ...

MOTORISTS have been urged to “slow down and help save lives” while out enjoying the long weekend ahead. The Easter bank holidays begins tomorrow, with people across the country expected to make the ...

PRESIDENT Michael D Higgins will lead a ceremony marking the anniversary of the Easter Rising in Dublin this weekend. Taoiseach Micheál Martin and Tánaiste Simon Harris will also attend the service, ...

THE Irish Government has formally agreed to share material with the Omagh Bombing Inquiry. Justice Minister Jim O’Callaghan has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Chairman of the Inquiry, ...

IRISHMAN Ronan Clancy will run the London Marathon this month to raise vital funds for the National Brain Appeal. The 42-year-old is taking part in the event on April 27, in support of his mother, ...

A POCKET watch found among the belongings of a man who died in the Titanic disaster is expected to fetch up to £50k at auction this month. The watch was found in the coat worn by Hans Givard, a Danish ...

THERE has been an increase in the number of accidents which happen on roads in Ireland on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays. Figures collated by An Garda Síochána have revealed the increase, with double ...

TRIBUTES have been paid to an 18-year-old who was killed in a tractor accident in Co. Leitrim. Desmond ‘Dessie’ O’Kelly died following the incident which saw the tractor he was a passenger in involved ...

A MAN has been arrested after police officers smelt cannabis in the car he was driving when pulled over for speeding. Officers spotted the car speeding in a 30mph zone during a road safety operation ...

In pre-Christian Ireland, the spring celebration on May 1 was called Bealtaine. Household fires were extinguished several days before the feast and people were forbidden to rekindle them until Druid ...

His mother was Irish born Emma Jane Whelan. His father’s mother was also Irish. Hitchcock was educated at a Jesuit school and remained a devout Catholic through out his life. Hitchcock also adapted ...

TWO men who committed sexual offences against two girls more than 25 years ago have been jailed. At Birmingham Crown Court on Tuesday, 64-year-old Paul Doyle was sentenced to six-and-a-half-years, ...