An unspoken but obvious change in attitude in recent times is the new regard most people now have for the care of family graves.

Forty-five years ago this week Ronald Reagan was elected President of the United States. His legacy and record remain much discussed and contentious today, and his impact on contemporary American politics was highlighted again very recently.

Saipan. For those over 35, just the name of that place evokes a lot of memories - and strong feelings. The events on that island that led to Roy Keane not playing at the 2002 World Cup have played out in many a head since.

Should you so choose, with a single search online, you can view a photograph of Abraham Lincoln looking like death chewing a wasp.

When bureaucracy meets humanity, truth tends to get lost - somewhere between Boghadoon and the Rio Grande.

People of goodwill everywhere – and not just in Gaza and Israel – are holding their breath that the ceasefire, improbably cobbled together out of Trump’s brash ambition and the shared exhaustion of the Israelis and the Palestinians, will somehow ...

National Tree Day Ireland is an annual event organised by the Tree Council of Ireland that takes place on the first Thursday of October. It focuses on primary schools to help them celebrate trees through fun activities and tree planting.

I read an interesting article last week about what the rise of AI-generated videos and other social media content might mean for how much time we spend online and on social media.

The other night I was out for a short walk around the block here in Glendale - a simple ritual to clear the head and digest the last of the dinner. It was one of those beautiful L. A. sunset evenings when even the palm trees seem to be half-asleep.

American Catholicism can be a strange bird. A core belief is that Catholicism dovetails nicely with the presumption that being rich is God’s blessing – with the unstated corollary that being poor is always your own fault.