Colin Lacey reviews an eclectic mix of the latest albums on the Irish music scene. Twice as prolific as most performers half his age, Van Morrison shows no sign of slowing down after more than 30 ...

TWO new projects have been confirmed by the British Government to provide ‘greater transparency’ on their policies in Northern Ireland during its most turbulent years. Secretary of State for Northern ...

THE Good Friday Agreement has been described as a “remarkable achievement” as the 27 th anniversary of its signing falls today. On April 10, 1981 the Belfast (Good Friday) Agreement was signed by then ...

A NEW initiative announced today will see the Irish Government engage with members of the diaspora across Britain and further afield to deepen their connections to their homeland. The Shared Home ...

IRELAND expects the EU to be in a position to engage in “substantive, calm, measured dialogue” with the US over planned tariffs on goods being imported into the country. Earlier this month President ...

POLICE have thanked the public for their help catching a burglar who ransacked sheds and garages in Belfast. Stephen McIlwaine, of HMP Maghaberry, was sentenced to four years in prison following a ...

TWO women were hospitalised after the jeep they were passengers in was involved in a single vehicle collision in Co. Offaly. The incident happened at around 11.50pm in Main Street, Daingean on April 3 ...

A DRIVER who was clocked doing 134kph in a 100kph zone in Westmeath is among hundreds of people who were caught speeding across Ireland yesterday. April 9 marked Ireland’s second National Slow Down ...

TÁNAISTE Simon Harris has welcomed President Trump’s announcement of a 90-day suspension of higher tariffs on good entering the US. The news was shared yesterday while Mr Harris was in Washington DC ...

DRUGS and miniature mobile phones which were set to be smuggled into Irish prisons have been seized by gardaí. Officers investigating the smuggling of controlled drugs and contraband into Wheatfield, ...

Technically speaking the Taoiseach is a civil servant, as was Michael Collins. First Minister Michelle O’Neill is as well — but then so is Mavis, head of paper clips, and Kevin, head of folding chairs ...

A RARE 15th century medieval elm carved figure of Saint Fiacre, the Irish priest, abbot, hermit and gardener of the 7th century, sold at English auctioneers Woolley & Wallis this month for £15,750 – ...