The Tories want to build 'Britannia Shield', essentially 'a British Iron Dome'
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TheJournal.ieby Sophie Finn2d ago
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The Irish legend of Tír na nÓg and the warrior who lost 300 years in one moment
IrishCentral.comby Leon O’Cathasaigh2d ago
When the golden-haired Niamh appeared on horseback before Fionn Mac Cumhaill's warrior band, she had come for one man alone, and Oisín followed her to a realm that knew neither sorrow nor old age.
On This Day: Ernest Walton, Irish physicist, Nobel Prize laureate, is born in 1903
IrishCentral.comby Niall Cullen2d ago
When the world thinks of splitting the atom, it tends to think of the Manhattan Project and the weapons that shaped the Cold War, but a Methodist minister's son from Co Waterford got there first.
Why the Limerick drinking song Garryowen will never be played for the Cheyenne
IrishCentral.comby Niall O'Dowd2d ago
"Garryowen" began life as a rowdy Limerick drinking tune, but on the American plains it became the sound that came just before the killing, struck up by Custer's 7th Cavalry as they bore down on...
Uncovering the mystery behind how Saint Patrick lived his final days in Ireland
IrishCentral.comby Shane O'Brien2d ago
While March 17 is celebrated globally with lively parades and festivities, the holiday actually marks the solemn anniversary of Saint Patrick's death in fifth-century Ireland.
"The luck of the Irish" was never actually a compliment, and it isn't even Irish
IrishCentral.comby IrishCentral Staff2d ago
You have probably heard it at a St. Patrick's Day parade or shouted across a bar during a Boston Celtics game, and you almost certainly took it as a bit of harmless flattery about a nation blessed...
Countess Markievicz: The revolutionary feminist who changed Irish history
IrishCentral.comby Joseph Connell2d ago
Born into Anglo-Irish privilege, Countess Constance Markievicz abandoned a comfortable life of high society to become one of the most prominent leaders of the Irish revolutionary movement.
Uefa issue update on Ireland v Israel alleged spitting incident
Irish Mirrorby news@irishmirror.ie (Robert Hynes)2d ago
Uefa issue update on Ireland v Israel alleged spitting incident There were ugly scenes at half-time in Bačka Topola as players and staff from both teams argued Uefa have launched an investigation...
How Ireland's 1848 rebellion against the British ended in a cabbage patch
IrishCentral.comby IrishCentral Staff2d ago
On July 29, 1848, the Young Ireland movement launched the revolt it hoped would drive the British out of Ireland, only for the whole affair to fall apart in a Tipperary cabbage patch.
Ex-gangster backing Daniel Kinahan planned chilling revenge after bullet in eye
Irish Mirrorby news@irishmirror.ie (Liam McInerney)2d ago
Ex-gangster supporting Daniel Kinahan planned chilling revenge after being shot in eye Reformed criminal Marvin Herbert made a surprise appearance in Dublin yesterday to suport Daniel Kinahan and...
Littler misses out on unique double after losing World Youth Championship semi-final
The42by Press Association2d ago
LUKE LITTLER MISSED out on a unique darting double after losing in the semi-finals of the World Youth Championship.
Heartache after mum's death 'happened so suddenly' while on holiday in Benidorm
Irish Mirrorby news@irishmirror.ie (Annette Belcher, Zahra Khaliq)2d ago
Heartache after mum's death 'happened so suddenly' while on holiday in Benidorm June Fetter died unexpectedly on holiday in Benidorm after a falling ill, with her family now facing the...
Ex-American Idol star jailed for life for murdering wife
Irish Mirrorby news@irishmirror.ie (Patrick Aftoora Orsagos, Julie Carr Smyth, Adam Care)2d ago
Ex-American Idol star jailed for life for murdering volleyball coach wife Caleb Flynn apologised in court to the two daughters he had with Ashley Flynn, but insisted he did not kill her A former...
"My heart is broken" - Michael Flatley announces death of wife Niamh O’Brien
IrishCentral.comby Clare McGoldrick2d ago
O’Brien died peacefully at Beacon Hospital in South Dublin "following a period of illness", according to a representative.
Fires burn as disorder engulfs major tourist hotspots in Spain
Irish Mirrorby news@irishmirror.ie (Annette Belcher, Rucsandra Moldoveanu)2d ago
Fires burn as disorder engulfs major tourist hotspots in Barcelona Some of Barcelona's most popular tourist spots - saw bins and other objects set on fire with police using 'water canons' to...
Daniel Kinahan hires Kneecap’s lawyer to defend him in criminal trial
IrishCentral.comby Helen Bruce2d ago
The Special Criminal Court heard yesterday that Darragh Mackin, of Phoenix Law, will apply to come on record next week to act in Kinahan’s case.
The FOI Files: How laws on family reunification were tweaked to make them more difficult to waive
TheJournal.ieby Conor O'Carroll2d ago
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Iconic Irish liqueur Irish Mist returns to Irish ownership after US sale
IrishCentral.comby IrishCentral Staff2d ago
Irish drinks brand Irish Mist has been sold by Heaven Hill Brands to Dublin-based drinks business, the Old Canal Quay Spirits company, owned and led by international spirits industry specialist and...
The Irish boy name given to ZERO boys last year – but 95 girls
IrishCentral.comby Miriam Burke2d ago
We are a lucky nation to have some of the most beautiful names in the world. Beautiful in meaning; beautiful in sound.