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Irish woman makes history as first female conductor at Oscars

Eimear Noone, from Galway, will be the first female conductor to perform at the 92nd Academy Awards.

We're tickled pink by this seaside cottage for sale in Co Waterford

There's nothing more charming than an Irish cottage - unless you stumble upon a pink Irish cottage, that is!

Man from Northern Ireland to be extradited over 39 counts of manslaughter human trafficking horror

An Irishman will be extradited to the United Kingdom to stand trial for manslaughter for his role in the deaths of 39 Vietnamese migrants last October.

Celebrating strong Irish women for St. Brigid’s Day

Kicking off a celebration of Irish women in history and praising the Matron Saint of Ireland and Celtic goddess in the lead up to Feb 1.

WATCH: Seo Linn's chilling rendition of ancient Irish ballad

Irish folk band's stunning rendition of Óró Sé do Bheatha Bhaile is sure to get pulses racing and strike a chord with anybody of Irish descent.

Entertainment

Entertainment

Irish woman makes history as first female conductor at Oscars

Eimear Noone, from Galway, will be the first female conductor to perform at the 92nd Academy Awards.

Moving to Ireland

We're tickled pink by this seaside cottage for sale in Co Waterford

There's nothing more charming than an Irish cottage - unless you stumble upon a pink Irish cottage, that is!

News

News

Man from Northern Ireland to be extradited over 39 counts of manslaughter human trafficking horror

An Irishman will be extradited to the United Kingdom to stand trial for manslaughter for his role in the deaths of 39 Vietnamese migrants last October.

Culture

Culture

Celebrating strong Irish women for St. Brigid’s Day

Kicking off a celebration of Irish women in history and praising the Matron Saint of Ireland and Celtic goddess in the lead up to Feb 1.

Entertainment

Entertainment

WATCH: Seo Linn's chilling rendition of ancient Irish ballad

Irish folk band's stunning rendition of Óró Sé do Bheatha Bhaile is sure to get pulses racing and strike a chord with anybody of Irish descent.

Politics

Politics

Tributes pour in for Seamus Mallon, former deputy First Minister of Northern Ireland

Tributes are being paid to Seamus Mallon, the former First Deputy of Northern Ireland, in the wake of his death on January 24.

Culture

Culture

Robert De Niro could be honored at Syracuse St. Patrick’s Day Parade

Robert De Niro, who has roots in both Ireland and Syracuse's Tipperary Hill, could be honored at this year's St. Patrick's Day celebrations.

Food & Drink

Food & Drink

Colin Farrell gets unlimited free food at this Irish kebab chain

Colin Farrell revealed on the Jimmy Kimmel show that he gets free food for life at Abrakebabra, an Irish fast-food chain.

News

Former Irish dance champion dies of overdose in Scotland

Niamh Lemoine-Drever, a former British champion Irish dancer, is being remembered as "a force to be reckoned with."

Education

Oral history archive celebrates 50 years of the Irish language in Boston

A new collection of Irish oral histories celebrating the history and culture of the Irish language in Boston is now available online.

Irish Voice

Jamie Dornan to play Dr. Death on NBC’s new streaming Peacock

While Netflix still rules the streaming waves, NBC is launching its new service Peacock, with one of its first productions set to be Dr. Death, starring Jamie Dornan.

History

Willie Clancy, piper and folklorist, dies on this day in 1973

Remembering the iconic Willie Clancy, one of Ireland's most respected musicians.

Entertainment

Irish film director Lenny Abrahamson picks his favorite Irish Film Institute movies

Lenny Abrahamson shares his favorite movies from the "treasure trove of Ireland's cinematic past" at the Irish Film Institute.

History

Some Irish treasure discoveries that you didn’t know about

From the incredible early Bronze Age gold hoard discovered in a ditch by a Donegal farmer to the medieval coins found on a wedding ring hunt.

Other Writers

Why Conor McGregor and Donald Trump needed each other

Conor McGregor’s endorsement of President Donald Trump makes perfect sense given the two individuals involved.

History

Remembering Arthur Guinness, founder of the famous Dublin brewery, on the day of his death

Arthur Guinness, the man who invented Guinness and put Dublin's St. James' Gate Brewery on the map, sadly died on this day in 1803.

History

Remembering Lily Kempson, the longest surviving rebel from the 1916 Easter Rising

Elizabeth “Lily” Kempson McAlerney, believed to have been the longest surviving rebel in the US of the 1916 Rising, died in the US on January 21, 1996 at 99 years old.

Northern Ireland