The Defense Department (DoD) efforts to purge civil rights figures from its website led to the deletion of a page about Black Civil War hero Sgt. William Carney. That link once directed readers to ...

These were promptly met by Irish retaliation on British goods including coal and steel. A trade war ensued - and lasted in some form ... A massive 92% of Irish exports went to the UK, and civil ...

Over 50 U.S. colleges and universities, including three in New York, are under investigation for allegedly violating Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, according to the U.S. Department of ...

I was also surprised by how it made me feel pride as an Irish American. I've lived in New York City for almost six ... like Houdini's handcuffs and World War I-era wishbones dangling from a ...

Civil war erupted in South Sudan in late 2013 when a rift between Kiir and Machar escalated into fighting along ethnic lines. Kiir, an ethnic Dinka, accused a group of soldiers loyal to Machar ...

Syria's 14-year civil war has undergone yet another rapid series of shifts, with violence sweeping the west coast homeland of deposed President Bashar al-Assad's minority Alawite Muslim sect and ...

Khalid El-Astal (31), who lives in Dún Laoghaire, believes his family are among the last Irish citizens left in the war-torn Strip. Yet, despite their Irish passports, they have been unable to leave.

Is that a call for a civil war? Kinda sounds like it to me. Are there any solutions to the current horrid division in America? Can we unite the country? Can we avoid a civil war? Let me suggest ...

Five civil servants have each retired with lump ... go along with an entitlement to a six-figure annual pension. Join the Irish Independent WhatsApp channel Stay up to date with all the latest ...

You can check out at any time. More info Tributes have been paid following the sudden death of a 'gentle, kind and caring' young Irish woman in New York. Jenna Shovlin, 31, originally from Portnoo ...

Civil servants have been told to mind their ‘tone’ in emails and stop unnecessary meetings, as part of plans to let workers ‘switch off’. The Government put into law a ‘right to disconnect’ for ...

She had been living in New York for years and worked for Warner Bros. Mourners have paid tribute to a 31-year-old Irish woman who died suddenly in New York on Saturday. Jenna Shovlin, from Portnoo ...