A 9,500-euro chair made with the same historic Irish slate used in Westminster Abbey will be among the main attractions at a ...

Cripwell, 23, a student at Trinity College who busks at the statue, is disgusted by its blatant mistreatment, and launched a ...

A famous Dublin statue of a mythical fishmonger should be protected from the groping hands of tourists and passersby, says a ...

Dr Fiona Murphy looks at how St Patrick, the religious figure, has been co-opted as a kind of global green marketing tool.

The Boston Irish Heritage Trail covers about three miles from the Rose Kennedy Garden at Christopher Columbus Park to Fenway ...

A guide to Boston's Irish Heritage Trail and a look at the five new stops being added along the 2.8-mile trail this summer.

A five-minute lock-in with … Oran McGonagle, owner of The Dubliner in Boston Owners Oran McGonagle and Willy McCarthy outside The Dubliner pub in Boston A replica of the Molly Malone statue ...

Dublin County Council is considering elevating the Molly Malone statue in a bid to stop people from groping it. Busker Tilly Cripwell launched a campaign to elevate the statue after she noticed a ...

Instead, he cites reams of evidence to show that famine is not imminent. He also points out that Malthus became less pessimistic after a few years and cheekily observes that “Malthus was not a ...

The Famine Early Warning Systems Network (FEWS NET) monitors drought, crop production, food prices and other indicators in order to forecast food insecurity in more than 30 countries. Funded by ...

His latest book is Rot: An Imperial History of the Irish Famine. From 1845 to 1851, Irish potato crops were destroyed by a novel pathogen, the fungus-like organism Phytophthora infestans.