Renowned Irish journalist Frank Connolly exposed some of the biggest scandals that rocked the political establishment and led to tribunals of inquiry and the resignation of at least one Taoiseach. Here Mícheál Mac Donncha interviews him about corru...

Irish military neutrality is greatly valued. It has enhanced the reputation of our peacekeepers overseas and allowed Ireland to remain a voice for peace, dialogue and the international rules based order. We are a small nation, on the outskirts of Eur...

BY the autumn of 1976, the armed conflict in the Six Counties had been ongoing for seven years. The widespread imprisonment, ill-treatment and, in some cases, torture of nationalists by the British state fuelled the conflict and, as so often in Irish...

The Easter Rising in 1916 was a pivotal event in Ireland’s history. It is the story that we grew up hearing, those who died that Easter time are the heroes that stilled our childhood play.

Earlier this month the mass funeral of 112 Palestinians, mostly women and children, brought again into sharp focus the scale of the genocide in the Gaza Strip. Only days ago, another mass funeral of 50 took place.  Those buried were recovered from ...

Loved-up couples in Fermanagh who feel their undying affection for each other is worthy of an award have missed their opportunity for plaudits by a few decades – but the Ideal Couple Competition of 1996 had serious financial incentive.

Not every visitor to Fermanagh arrives by road, rail or boat

Concerns over speeding traffic and noise on Belmore Street were raised in a letter published in The Impartial Reporter in October 1976

The film Star of the Sea explores Bobby Sands’ footballing past, a Catholic-Protestant team torn apart by the Troubles and its legacy of peace in Northern Ireland.

Four people were brought to safety after a motorboat broke down on Lower Lough Erne.