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St Patrick in his writings describes how he was captured by pirates and taken to Ireland while he was still a boy. He doesn’t state clearly where he was taken from but most historians agree that it was probably somewhere in Wales. However, a Scottish historian has said that Ireland’s patron saint may have been… Continue reading Was Ireland’s St Patrick really Scottish?

A group of 19th century Irish immigrants may have been the victims of one of America’s worst ever mass murders, according to expert historians. It’s thought they may have been hunted down and murdered because they had taken the jobs of local people or driven down wages.

A new study has revealed that Irish women spend more time doing housework and caring for children than women in most other European countries. The study was conducted by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development ahead of International Women’s Day and includes results from 26 European countries. Irish women spend nearly five hours per… Continue reading Irish women among the hardest working in Europe

A Glasgow taxi driver has had his license suspended for one month after he ejected two men from his cab because they were speaking Irish. The incident took place in December last year, when Co Donegal brothers Anthony and Joe Blair were in Glasgow to visit their grandmother. The two men had been out with… Continue reading Donegal brothers thrown out of cab for speaking Irish

Online protestors have branded Irish bookmakers Paddy Power ‘vile’ and ‘offensive’ after they used the Oscar Pistorius murder trial to promote their offers. The bookmakers were taking bets on whether or not the Paralympian athlete would be found guilty of murdering his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp.

A letter from the commander for the Irish Volunteers, Eoin MacNeill, cancelling manoeuvres at the time of the Easter Rising has been discovered and is set to be auctioned in Dublin next month. MacNeill’s letter was a command to the Irish Volunteers to cancel a mobilisation which had been planned for Easter Sunday 1916. The… Continue reading Letter ‘cancelling’ Easter Rising manoeuvres on sale

Ireland has been named the number one holiday destination by Chinese travel company Ctrip. Ctrip hold an annual awards ceremony in which various titles are handed out to the best destinations, airlines and resorts. This year, Ireland was voted the number one destination for Chinese holidaymakers, beating off competition from Sweden, Turkey, Kenya and South… Continue reading China votes Ireland number one holiday destination

Human bones from 5,000 years ago have been discovered by archaeologists in a cave in County Sligo. The discovery was made by Thorsten Kahlert, during an investigation inside one of the caves, which experts currently know very little about. Kahlert, a graduate of the Institute of Technology (IT) Sligo, said: “I was surveying one small… Continue reading Bones from our Stone Age ancestors found in Sligo

The boss of Irish airline Ryanair has revealed plans to offer flights from Europe to America for as little as $10 within a few years. The golden tickets will be offered on a first come first served basis, with only a limited number of seats on each flight subject to the offer. But the $10… Continue reading Ryanair planning $10 flights to USA