Failure of the potato crop evoked horrific memories for some who had lived through the Great Irish Famine in the 1840s ...

A new review suggests the so-called feast and famine approach to dieting may have greater benefits when it comes to weight ...

Almost 200,000 new historical records are now available for free online through the Virtual Record Treasury of Ireland (VRTI) ...

Almost all 19th-century census records were destroyed but some have been recovered as part of the Virtual Treasury project ...

Legendary musician Tommy Hayes has assembled a formidable troupe of Irish musicians for his latest project, The Garden where the Praties Grow, a documentary that intertwines the cultural significance ...

The latest tranche of records from the Virtual Record Treasury of Ireland (VRTI) has 175,000 new documents lost in a fire at ...

Among new treasures freely available online today for the first time are 60,000 pre-and-post famine names for family ...

Four Courts during the Civil War in 1922 are being made available online, including 60,000 names from the Irish 19th century ...

Britons survived sweltering temperatures during the days of empire, a Tory former minister has said as he cautioned against ...

Cork-based Habib Al Ostaz shares the devastating reality facing his family in Gaza — hunger, thirst, and relentless ...

This week, Starmer’s grudging, partial backdown on cutting disability payments (and on raising the eligibility barrier for ...