St Brigid’s Day, on February 1 — with the bank holiday celebrated on February 5 this year — is the beginning of spring and, effectively, the start of the farming year

There are temples and shrines with barely recognisable stone carvings and holy wells associated with Brigid. Here's a selection.

Whether you want to get creative, lose yourself in Irish mythology or just sit back and relax with a good TV show — there's something for everyone

Today is St Brigid's Day as we have always known it, but next Monday, depending on your line of work, you may be enjoying an extra day off thanks to our new public holiday of the same name. It will be an annual holiday — the first one ever to be called after a woman, writes Joyce Fegan

Prospect of a post-pandemic world is now within our sights