The Bishop of Kerry Ray Browne has described the election of Pope Leo XIV as an event that brings ‘joy and gratitude’. US-born Cardinal Robert Prevost was chosen as the 267th pontiff of the Roman ...

For Thomas Carlyle, fickle weather made this time of year a mixed blessing: "Long stormy winter, wet contentious April, winter chilling the very lap of May". And of course, more prosaically but ...

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Four-year-old Bonnie Basteed, who needs regular painful bandage changes due to epidermolysis bullosa (EB), says her only Christmas wish is to skip the treatment on December 25 Schoolgirl Bonnie ...

Thank you for supporting Ireland's best local journalism! A major Irish supermarket with over 180 stores across Ireland is set to close up shop for three days over the Christmas season. As shoppers ...

Thank you for supporting Ireland's best local journalism! Sensation Irish Country Music singing star Daniel O'Donnell is on his way back to Laois to reprise a Christmas show in Rathdowney with a ...

Released in 1950, ‘Christmas in Killarney’ might sound like a sop to Irish-American nostalgia but its place in Irish Christmas tradition has survived the years. The iconic Christmas sound of ...

Thank you for supporting Ireland's best local journalism! What will probably be one of the most popular Irish events this Christmas has been announced. Billionaire John Collison's Laois mansion ...