Is there any word in Irish history which carries a more visceral charge than ‘eviction’?There are few words that carry a more visceral charge in Irish history than ‘eviction’, other than perhaps, ‘famine’ and ‘emigration’.

This St Patrick's Day, let's remember Charlotte Milligan Fox who travelled around Ireland in the early 1900s to record and publish ancient Irish tunes

Airline guilty of ‘deadliest corporate crime in US history’ yet still evades legal sanctions, writes Clodagh Finn

Early female activists endured jail and hunger strikes, but today they face another kind of imprisonment — suspended in the stocks of a no-holds-barred social media

This exceptional woman and trailblazing civil servant deserves to be back in circulation

Who knew the past had so much breaking news?The question, asked in a witty tweet from Professor Niamh Stack of Mary Immaculate College in Limerick, hits the nail on the head.

As anti-refugee sentiment is being stoked around the country, is there a better time to remind ourselves of the Irish people who risked their lives to save others?

What of all the women who died before that date, such as Margaret Mary McCarthy? I would like to see a database where her story is recorded. It’s the very least we can do for her

Influential founder of the Church of Kildare will take centre stage on the first public holiday in her honour

I’M compiling a new list of female ‘icons’.