Births are rising during the tormented country’s fragile peace
The famous philosopher died in January
When William Sydney Clements, the 3rd Earl of Leitrim inherited a vast estate from his father in 1854 he became a controlling landlord and bullying tyrant. The estate was massive and included lands in Leitrim, Donegal, Kildare and Galway. Lord Leitrim was obsessed with improving land productivity. He evicted families or sometimes paid them to […]
It was estimated that more than 400 people died at Doolough
In 1974 local farmers digging a well near the Chinese city of Xian came across one of the greatest archaeological discoveries ever made
Vote in our online Poll
‘I’m not a biologist,’ says Ketanji Brown Jackson
A Kenyan argues that the new style in newspapers is just virtue-signalling
On their way to oblivion
Photo: Priests at St. Augustine parish in Pinamalayan, Oriental Mindoro pray over Vice President Leni Robredo during her visit on March 3, 2021 A sizeable proportion of immigrants in this country are Filipinos. If you meet one, he she is quite likely to be a nurse or caregiver. There are elections on May 9 in […]
In March 2003, in a bog on the border of Meath and Offaly, in a place called Clonycavan, a body emerged from the peat beneath the shovel of a cutting machine.
The infamous and notorious Black and Tans will not be forgotten in Irish history.