SAMARITANS, the leading mental health and suicide prevention charity in Britain and Ireland, has ...

The third Catholic Relief Act came into effect on this day in 1782. This act follows the second which was issued on May 4, 1782. Combined, the two Relief acts allow Catholics to own land outside of ...

THE United States’ recent trade deal with Japan may be seen as a political success in Washington, but for Ireland and the EU, it’s a major shift in global trade dynamics. The agreement introduces a 15 ...

450 transits by suspected Russian ‘shadow fleet’ vessels have been recorded in Irish waters in th… News from Ireland and happenings in Irish America ...

POLICE have launched an investigation after masked men robbed a shop in Belfast. Two men targeted the store in Connsbrook Avenue at around 10am yesterday morning. “It was reported shortly before 10am ...

GARDAÍ are appealing for witnesses after a man was left seriously injured in a collision in Kilkenny. Officers were called to a single-vehicle incident on the M9 southbound at Paulstown at 8.10pm last ...

TWO people have died and two others have been seriously injured following a shooting in the village of Maguiresbridge, County Fermanagh. Emergency services were called to the Drummeer Road area at ...

ONE person has died following an ‘extensive outbreak’ of a bacterial infection in Ireland. The Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FASI) said it is investigating the outbreak and has so far identified ...

The name Connolly is derived from several different roots. In Connaught and Monaghan it derives from the Gaelic O’Coingeallaigh. Both are anglicized to Connolly although the spelling form Connelly is ...

A LONGSTADING Irish charity which supports some of the most vulnerable people in Birmingham has launched a summer homelessness appeal. SIFA Fireside, a support service for people experiencing ...

A 13-YEAR-OLD boy has become the youngest person in Britain to qualify as a digger driver. This month Finlay Gallagher, of the Gallagher Group family, completed his digger driving training. The ...

AN IRISH scientist has been appointed to a UN panel studying the effects of nuclear war. Dr Neil Rowan, of the Technological University of the Shannon: Midlands Midwest, will sit on the newly ...