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In 1896, with the revival of the Olympic Games, James Brendan Connolly, the son of immigrants from the Aran islands, became the first Olympic champ...

A bunch of items for your consideration this week. First up is the Mick Moloney Memorial Concert, taking place at 8 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 21, at the...

Pic at end of Day. A spectacular sunset at O'Hare Airport in Chicago concluded a weekend when many thousands of Irish turned up to cheer their rugb...

The Coalition of Irish Immigration Centers has Launched "Irish in Motion," described as a "National Campaign to Support Irish Immigrants in an Evol...

Newbridge 1-14 Dunloy 0-11 This game was closer than the final scoreline suggests and it took determination mixed with outrageous skill for the Der...

New Zealand 26; Ireland 13 New Zealand Tries: Savea, Williams, Sititi, Roigard Cons : Beauden Barrett (3) Ireland Tries: Furlong Cons: Crowley Pens...

Pic of Day: Author Sadbh Devlin pictured on the Patrick Kavanagh Bench to mark the launch of Dublin Book Festival which runs from 5-9 November. Dub...

Former Kilkenny hurling great DJ Carey has been jailed for five-and-a-half years for defrauding individuals by falsely claiming that he had cancer....

Boston author and activist Michael Patrick MacDonald returned to Belfast last week for the latest chapter in his 'The Rest of the Story' initiative...

This residence in Manhattan’s Midtown East is all in for today’s Halloween celebration. [Photo by Peter McDermott]

The ref walked over to the dugout. “Will you do the line?” he asked the man beside Johnny and Rick. “Go on, you will,” he continued, throwing the f...

In the media yoke this week I’ve got “The Old Wood Road,” the solo debut by singer Evelyn O’Connell. Named for her County Kerry home townland of Kn...

The man who brutally ended the life of Sarah McNally is facing over two decades behind bars. Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced Thursd...

Coming off the back of the September Homecoming events in Belfast — where the city has moved from a place of promise to a city of delivery — last w...

For Dr. Janet L. Walsh, attention to detail is key. She learned that during the earliest days of her career, for instance at a loading dock in her ...