The Claddagh, Galway. Photograph: Dr Chaosheng Zhang The Deputy Mayor of Galway city is leading calls for European legislation to protect the Claddagh ring symbol to combat a surge of imitations ...

Historian Laura Fitzachary delves into the history and popularity of Irish iconography. 'The Claddagh ring is having a moment,' is a phrase that has been banded about the last few months ...

"The traditional and modern birthstone for May is the emerald, known for its vibrant, gorgeous green color," shares jeweler ...

The May birthstone — emerald — is considered one of the three most desirable colored gemstones available. Alongside rubies ...

Four children with autism and a child with a severe intellectual disability have brought separate High Court actions over the Minister for Education’s alleged failure to provide them access to ...

A Dublin man has been found guilty of murdering mother-of-one Kirsty Ward at their hotel in Spain. Jurors during the trial in the Spanish city of Tarragona found Keith Byrne guilty after three ...

A child has been injured in a farm accident in Co Cork. The youngster, who is understood to be a boy aged under seven years, was injured after an incident involving livestock on a farm over 30km ...