Almost two million people will take to Irish streets to celebrate St Patrick’s Day as parade-goers are set to enjoy ideal marching conditions of dry, cool weather for the donning of the green.

Ballycroy National Park along the Wild Atlantic Way on the west coast. International visitor numbers were down 25% compared to the same month last year, according to the CSO. The recent CSO data ...

Analysis: the day before Lent began may have involved feasting and food, but it certainly wasn't a good day for single people The day before Lent begins is most significant in all cultures that ...

The following remarks were delivered by Martina Curtain, founder of Mná Mheiriceá, at an event hosted by Consul General of ...

Before the 20th century, the majority of Irish weddings were squeezed into the period of Shrove or Seraft, the weeks between Women's Christmas on January 6th and Shrove Tuesday. Once Ash Wednesday ...

This editorial was first published in the Andersonstown News, our sister paper in the North of Ireland where St Patrick's Day is not a public holiday. IT doesn't take a Hercule Poirot to deduce why St ...

IT doesn't take a Hercule Poirot to deduce why St Patrick's Day is not a public holiday in the North while for the Twelfth – ...

The Royal Dublin Society (RDS) has appointed Fáilte Ireland chief executive Paul Kelly as its new CEO, with effect from September. Mr Kelly had been CEO at Fáilte Ireland since 2017, a period ...

Fáilte Ireland has announced that Paul Kelly is to step down as chief executive to take the lead role at the Royal Dublin Society (RDS). Mr Kelly has been leading Fáilte Ireland for the past ...