Children’s books dominated the borrowing charts at Irish libraries last year, with the series Dog Man and Diary of a Wimpy ...

Groundbreaking new research identifies the Andes as the origin of the Irish potato famine pathogen, reshaping efforts to ...

Researchers firmly point the finger at the South American Andes Mountains as the place where the Irish potato famine pathogen, Phtytophthora infestans, originated.

It may even recall Mel Brooks’ The Producers but for Wolfe Tones front man Brian Warfield writing a musical about the Irish Famine was a very serious business. The man who has been belting out ...

Scientists have discovered new evidence that the pathogen that caused the Irish potato famine may have originated thousands ...

Fáilte Ireland has announced a new five-year plan that will help drive and sustain tourism in Cavan, Leitrim and the northern ...

Author turns to new and often-overlooked source material for a fresh examination of the nation before independence ...

Chicago has always provided a place for the disenfranchised, whether from the Mexican Revolution in the early 20th century, ...

Scientists have discovered new evidence that the pathogen that caused the Irish potato famine may have originated thousands of miles away. A study that examined the DNA of Phytophthora (P.) ...

This has been fuelled by the sudden, brutal and devastating suspension of USAID and America’s support to global development, ...

In the 1840s, Irish peasants came to Canada in vast numbers to escape a famine that swept Ireland. Robert Whyte kept a record ...

Roy Keane, one of Ireland’s most famous sons, famously tried to live by the motto, ‘fail to prepare, prepare to fail’. As ...