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A five-year-old girl has been killed in a suspected arson attack on a house in County Roscommon. The alarm was raised shortly after 2.30 a.m. Monda...

GAA footballer Mark McGovern's misfortune at least occurred in a fortunate place. McGovern ended up in a coma after an incident involving another p...

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It's prone to technical error, under fire from critics in Congress, and not overly generous to the Irish. Still, for most Irish with the ambition t...

The decision to cut air passenger duty for long-haul flights from Belfast to the U.S. has been welcomed by politicians and business leaders. Air pa...

[caption id="attachment_67202" align="aligncenter" width="600" caption="Shaun Woodward."][/caption] The British government has been urged to live u...

[caption id="attachment_67198" align="aligncenter" width="600" caption="Chris Kelly"][/caption] "Sunlight pouring across your skin, your shadow Fla...

The candidacy of Martin McGuinness for the Irish presidency was announced on a Friday evening, too late for the Sunday Independent team of columnis...

[caption id="attachment_67193" align="aligncenter" width="600" caption="Honoring Emmet were (l-r) Jack O'Brien, Kathy Kelly, Jim Galvin, James McDo...

[caption id="attachment_67190" align="aligncenter" width="600" caption="Fr. McManus heading for Philly."][/caption] Division 87 of the AOH is hosti...

[caption id="attachment_67187" align="aligncenter" width="600" caption="Matt Morrison (l) with former NY State AOH president Chip McLean. Morrison ...

[caption id="attachment_67184" align="aligncenter" width="600" caption="Tanaiste Eamon Gilmore with NY State Senator Jeff Klein and singer Mary Cou...