An Bord Pleanála has given the green light to a €76m housing development on the outskirts of Blarney, Co Cork, on a site ...

Ireland has no shortage of incredible tourist attractions, but travel expert Rick Steves slams this town as tacky and crowded ...

Through the generosity of the Friends of the Garden City Public Library, the Library offers free passes to select museums and ...

With the rise in temperatures, several villages used to face acute shortage of drinking water. But this time, despite peak summer, these villages are breathing easy as the tanks supplying water to ...

The Book of Invasions, "Lebor Gebála Érenn" in Old Irish, tells us that the first Bealtaine fire ever lit in Ireland was kindled by the Nemedian Druid Mide, at Uisneach. At 600 feet high ...

Children of the Rising: The untold story of the young lives lost during Easter 1916' by Joe Duffy is published by Hachette Ireland and is available from online retailers and as an ebook.

How are care homes paid for? There are over 400,000 people in the UK living in residential care homes and nursing homes. Of these, almost half pay for care themselves and the rest are supported, ...

Bazley and Gardner transformed Barrow Bridge into a model village. They built rows of cottages, a shop, and an educational institute on the hilltop, accessible by a flight of stone steps.

In the last of our profiles, we are looking at Warndon Villages - one of several divisions to have changed its name since the last county council election. Four years ago, the Warndon Parish seat ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

A weather expert has pinpointed the exact day we should see temperatures soar in Ireland next week - but he has also poured cold water over talks of a heatwave. Alan O'Reilly of Carlow Weather ...

An academic claims to have solved the mysteries surrounding England's "most haunted" village, Pluckley. For over 70 years, the Kent village has held the chilling title of England's scariest ...