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Clearly the luck of the Irish isn't up to the year that's soon to be in it. The Irish government is reportedly set to introduce a new license-plate...

Campaigners against "barbaric" blood sports such as fox hunting are planning a mass rally in Dublin to call for tougher laws. The government is pre...

COLOURFUL TD Mick Wallace could face trouble if he tries to return to a group representing independent members of the Irish parliament. Wallace, fa...

A leading Ulster Unionist is expected to announce he is leaving the party after controversial comments he made on homosexuality. Ken Maginnis, now ...

At this stage it's something of a political hardy annual, though perhaps more annual than hardy. Sinn Féin is the latest Irish political party to p...

Like me, many young Irish people considering university options at this time of year will no doubt have mulled over the fantasy of university abroa...

The medals were comparatively small and came in gold, silver and bronze varieties. The trophy was silver and huge. The combination electrified an I...

BOSTON --- James "Whitey" Bulger, the 82-year-old Irish-American mobster who is charged with participating in 19 murders, will take the stand in hi...

Times might be hard in Ireland, but there are places in the world where they are much harder - Somalia for one. And with that in mind Tánaiste and ...

There was an angel on his shoulder, an Irish angel. And standing around him unseen were the spirits of generations of Irish cops who have stood in ...

The global recovery from the ravages of the "Great Recession" has been excruciatingly slow by all measures. Two steps forward has always been follo...

Mitt Romney and Enda Kenny sat down for a chat in the Irish Embassy in London last week, this after the Republican presidential candidate had hoofe...