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The Irish parliament, the Oireachtas, is facing operational changes this autumn after members recently voted for a raft of reforms. New rules for t...

The House Judiciary Committee last week voted to abolish the diversity visa program, the last legal path to a green card that most Irish can access...

The Irish Repertory Theatre has been named as the 2011 recipient of the Irish American Writers & Artists' Eugene O'Neill Lifetime Achievement Award...

Police in Northern Ireland have made five arrests and are carrying out a major search operation in connection with the murder of PSNI officer Ronan...

The body of a 17-year-old Derry boy has been recovered from Lough Swilly in County Donegal eight days after he drowned. Sean McNair jumped from Rat...

Police in Derry have apologized after interrupting a wedding in the city’s Guildhall on suspicion it was a “sham marriage.” Neil McElwee and his pr...

“Thousands of Latvians living in Ireland go to the polls tomorrow for a referendum on their country’s future.” Thus reported the Irish Independent ...

The weather will be warmer than Croke Park but the players won't be holding back this weekend when three Texas-based Gaelic football teams do battl...

Steve McCabe, a veteran observer of Northern Ireland parades, is to write to the Parades Commission asking what action will be taken over a series ...

Irish voters will elect a new president on October 27, the government has announced. Voters will be asked to decide three referenda on the same day...

President Mary McAleese has sent condolences on behalf of Ireland to the people of Norway after last week's mass shooting tragedy near Oslo and the...

Creating jobs and slashing unemployment is the only true way to measure the success of Ireland's multi-billion Euro bailout, one of the architects ...