Guns N’ Roses emerged as a breath of fresh air in 1985, blending punk, hard-rock, and New York Dolls style glam in Regan’s ...

MacBride went on to become an international statesman. He was a joint founder of Amnesty International in 1961, United ...

A COUNCIL in Ireland has rolled out a scheme placing vitamin L light boxes in libraries to help the public overcome the winter blues. Dublin City Council confirmed this week that the initiative would ...

Families of the victims of the November 1974 IRA Birmingham pub bombings say that British authorities are deliberately obstructing their search for the truth about what happened that night, and ...

Along with writing, Flanagan spent a decade as the editor of Musician magazine. His 1995 book, U2 at the End of the World, ...

Mairéad became the leader of the IRA women. As Officer Commanding, she was determined to see the women recognized as political prisoners. She ordered her band of women to ignore the authority of the ...

As an Irish senator, Lawless fought hard for the right of Irish living abroad like himself to be allowed to vote in Irish elections. His efforts won him an honorary doctorate from NUI Galway and a ...

SAXOPHONE player and singer Paddy Cole has died at the age of 85. A familiar face from Ireland’s showband scene, the popular jazz artist hailed from Castleblayney in Monaghan. His death comes after he ...

FOUR men have appeared in court after being arrested for disruptive behaviour at Dublin Airport this morning. The four men, aged in their late 30s and 40s, were arrested for breaches of the Air ...

Ray Cavanaugh is a freelance scribe from Massachusetts. His mother is from Kerry and his father is a few generations removed from Wexford. He’s a regular “Window on the Past” contributor to Irish ...

FIANNA fÁIL leader Micheál Martin has accused his opponents of subverting the constitution after the failure to elect a new Táoiseach in the Dáil today. Mr Martin is expected to be nominated for the ...