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We all know them don’t we…the people who know everything and pontificate on every subject from how to fix dripping tap to how to solve the latest political crisis. And it doesn’t matter what our little opinion might be. They’re going to overwhelm it with their infinite wisdom and booming …

More than a million people fled Ireland in the wake of the Great Hunger in the 1840s, but few had to abandon an area as beautiful as the fairy tale estate Henry Ford’s ancestors left behind. Of course, the lowly Ford family didn’t own the idyllic paradise known as the …

Irish star Cillian Murphy has expressed sympathy for the younger generation and said it must be hard to grow up in this era of social media. The Peaky Blinders actor was speaking at the launch of a new empathy education programme for secondary schools.

Hollywood star Colin Farrell has revealed he could take the Pope for a free kebab at his favourite establishment in Ireland. In what is presumably an unusual perk of the job, the Dublin actor is currently piling on the pounds as he undergoes a body transformation for his role as …

It no longer comes as a surprise when Irish cities are named amongst the world’s best places to visit. Dublin, Galway, Belfast and Cork are just a few of our proud and vibrant cities that are regularly named as ‘must visit’ places for tourists.

A Senegalese-American woman has become an online star after an app labelled her nationality as Irish so she played out some of the country’s most recognisable stereotypes. Astuanta Niang was playing on a game in the social media app TikTok that scrolls through several country’s flags before sticking on one …

Game of Thrones star Peter Dinklage has thanked the people of Northern Ireland for putting up with him and his co-stars for nine years. The Tyrion Lannister actor made his comments during a speech at the Screen Actors Guild awards.