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’.

I wonder how many are familiar with the name Alicia Needham, the world-renowned Irish composer and one of the first women to conduct at the Royal Albert Hall in London more than a century ago?I thought of her taking the baton in 1914 at the St ...

He was an ambulance driver and International Brigades volunteer from Co Tipperary.

Sarah Purser, artist and founder of An Túr Gloine (the Tower of Glass), the stained-glass cooperative which opened its doors 120 years ago on New Year’s Day, still has the power to inspire — and distract.

Capturing a fascinating slice of social history before the trail goes cold

All the talk of reminded me of the remarkable travels of an Irish mummy who set out for Egypt in 1846 with three of her children in tow, including her youngest son Arthur who was born without limbs.