Making Irish boring was a feature of the Irish educational system, rather than a bug.

As I write, the Democratic Party in America is struggling to cope on four fronts: a series of gaffes on television that made President Biden’s withdrawal from the presidential election inevitable; the electoral gain its rivals, the Republic party, ...

I was fortunate enough to visit Uganda on a few occasions. I was excited to land at Entebbe Airport, made famous in the days of Idi Amin. Amin was a military officer who served as president of Uganda from 1971 to 1979.

Music is at the heart of everything that Anne Moriarty does. Anne is the musical director and conductor of the Mayo Youth Orchestra, based at Music West in Castlebar.

Now that he has been in the job for a few weeks, we might start thinking about what kind of Prime Minister Keir Starmer will prove to be – and in a more tribal political sense, what kind of Labour Prime Minister he will try to be.

Once upon a time, the annual announcement of priests’ changes – usually in June or July – was one of high points of the summer.

Few events in Irish history have been as crucial as the Good Friday Agreement of 1998, which, forged in the fires of conflict, promised a new dawn for a long-divided nation.

There are still so many unknowns about the next general election in Mayo that it has become a feeding frenzy for speculation and rumours.

Donald Trump is exceptional.

At a time when authorities are looking at alternative ways for rural people to continue to make a living on the land, and at a time when achieving this seems to be getting more and more conditional, maybe it is time to embrace such demands as a ...