By 1845, one-third of U.K. residents lived in Ireland and nearly all of them relied on a single potato strain—a disaster ...

St. Patrick's Day is celebrated annually on March 17 in honor of the patron saint of Ireland. While not a federal or state ...

A bowl of shamrock was presented to the Palestinian community in Cork yesterday as an Occupied Territories Bill banner was ...

Or at least Irish enough to celebrate his feast day. "People who can claim Irish descent account for about 10 percent of the ...

I spotted this rook with a very unusual beak in Galway city lately. Despite the unusual shape it seemed very healthy and was ...

Tens of thousands of tourists flock to Ireland each year for the St. Patrick’s Day Festival. But in the midst of the concerts ...

Read about why green is associated with St. Patrick's Day and how corned beef and cabbage was popularized in the U.S.

Rural Ireland thrived under this new departure because of the proactive role of the state in developing Irish resources and ...

Ten days isn’t enough time to visit Ireland. But neither is two weeks or two months. But it's a good place to start.

Dunseverick Primary School has 94 pupils, a healthy number for a sparsely populated rural area, but its declining numbers is ...

Nor, they say, is the Government taking sufficient climate action to minimise the potential cost. They say the ultimate ...

Almost three-quarters of Ireland's working population would like to retire by age 60 or sooner, according to new research.