Mixed race children ‘considered subhuman’ in Mother and Baby homes
By David Hennessy
Ireland’s Mother and Baby homes were institutionally racist and an unpublished report compares them to Apartheid in South Africa.
Mixed race children were...
Royals look to build a ‘lasting friendship with Ireland’
Future King of England, William, the Duke of Cambridge, and his wife Kate, Duchess of Cambridge head to Ireland next week in the hope...
Brandon Lewis named new NI Secretary after Julian Smith is sacked
Brandon Lewis has been named the new Northern Ireland Secretary after Julian Smith was sacked as part of the prime minister's cabinet reshuffle.
Mr Smith...
William and Kate to visit Ireland
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, Prince William and Kate, will make their first official visit to the Republic of Ireland, Kensington Palace announced...
Fianna Fáil edge Sinn Féin by one seat
The counting has been completed in all 39 Dáil constituencies.
That result put Fianna Fáil's seat total at 38, just one ahead of Sinn Féin on 37...
Mary Lou: ‘Everyone accepts’ SF won the election
Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald says "everyone accepts" that Sinn Féin won the election and are now the largest political party.
Sinn Féin won...
Sinn Féin look to form government without Fine Gael or Fianna Fáil
Sinn Féin’s Mary Lou McDonald says she would prefer to form a government without Fianna Fáil or Fine Gael.
She said contact is being made...
End of ‘Civil War politics’
By Bernard Purcell
Voters in Ireland go to the polls this weekend – the country’s first Saturday election since 1918 – with no one party...
‘Shared European identity will lead to united Ireland’
Sinn Féin will not win a referendum calling for a United Ireland by putting lies on buses or waving flags to appeal to 'Nationalist...
Irish-Somali advocate: People say Ireland is racist but it is improving
By David Hennessy
The Irish-Somali advocate for eradicating female genital mutilation Ifrah Ahmed says she does not believe Ireland is racist but that it is...