In Northern Ireland a woman who has been raped or abused can still receive a longer prison sentence than her rapist or abuser if she seeks to end the resulting unwanted pregnancy.
In "A Private War" Irish actor Jamie Dornan plays a journalist who risks his own life to bring us the truth about the war in Syria, in a triumphant new film that is a timely reminder of the enduring value of the free press.
Looking back on President Donald Trump's inauguration speech let us reflect one week on from a mass shooting at a Pittsburgh synagogue and as US military troops are being deployed to protect American from huddled masses.
In Ireland, it has so become the norm, over the centuries and decades, for young Irish people to leave that making Ireland your home is almost an act of rebellion.
Blinded by her pursuit of what is good for one section of unionism, DUP leader Arlene Foster is endangering the union itself by attacking the spirit and letter of the Good Friday Agreement.
Lizzie Borden took an axe, the eerie old rhyme starts, and we all know what happened next. But how many of us know what happened to Borden before she ever picked it up?
This the second book in the planned series (the first was "The Library at the Edge of the World") by bestselling author Felicity Hayes-McCoy, set in the fictional but still utterly recognizable Finfarran peninsula in the west coast of Ireland
Is The Little Stranger a dark meditation on the deadly cost of social exclusion? Or is it a well-told ghost story that wants nothing more than to scare you whilst it reaches its conclusion?
You were told by Donald Trump that his historic corporate tax cuts would boost workers wages. They did not. Costs went up, your wages didn't. The rich got richer. You got punked.
Every new book by New York Times columnist Dan Barry is a cause for celebration, but the forthcoming one (to be released September 11) could arguably represent his magnum opus.
From high-end Hollywood auteurs to the most indie of independent films and documentaries, 2018 is shaping up to be a year to remember for Irish actors and films
