Joy’s great-grandmother was the first of her Irish family born in Canada, with her second great-grandmother having been born ...

Among the wave of humanity that came to Canada in the 19th century were hundreds of thousands of Irish, some of whom ended up in our communities and, in so doing, helped shape them ...

Police have been granted more time to question the captain of a container ship which crashed into a US oil tanker in the North Sea. The 59-year-old Russian captain of Solong, which struck US ...

In 1847, 24-year-old Matilda Joyce fled disease, death and despair in Ireland, believing that she would be delivered to the Promised Land. Instead, when ...

But a 2019 discovery lays out with far greater definition why the son of Irish emigrants ... of 21 people as Famine emigrants from Ireland who died after their coffin ship was shipwrecked just ...

Fires aboard a cargo ship and a tanker which collided in the ... with the vessels still alight on Tuesday morning. Join the Irish Independent WhatsApp channel Stay up to date with all the latest ...

The Late Late Show host's mum Mary (84), died peacefully at her home in Co Down on Saturday Patrick Kielty (right) carries his mother's coffin following her funeral at the Church of the Sacred ...

Join the AOH in making Irish American Heritage Month more than just a proclamation—make it a call to action. Since 1991, presidents of both parties have proclaimed Irish American Heritage ...

You can check out at any time. More info Devastated Patrick Kielty carried the coffin of his late mother Mary at her funeral as his brother John described her as a “brilliant mother” who will ...

Sinn Féin's Spokesperson on Foreign Affairs has said changes to the 'triple lock' will cause "significant risk" to Irish neutrality. The triple lock guarantees that no more than 12 Irish soldiers ...

HII’s Ingalls Shipbuilding division successfully launched the first LPD Flight II, San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock ship Harrisburg (LPD 30) on Saturday, October 5, 2024. HII Photo ...

Ten black Mercedes cars with Irish and Cork flags stuck out of the passenger seat windows began to follow the horse-drawn coffin just after 2pm. The horses each had a fringed piece of purple ...