“Monasteries don’t make much sense without monks,” says Fr Richard Purcell, abbot of Mount Melleray Abbey in west Waterford. The cleric is in reflective mood as the Cistercian abbey, near ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Fianna Fail leader Micheal Martin, right, and Fine Gael’s Simon Harris talk to the media outside the ...

Ireland has delayed choosing its new prime minister after a row over speaking rights sparked angry scenes in parliament. The Irish Parliament, called the Dail, had this morning convened to ...

Shardlake focuses on the dissolution of the monasteries during the Tudor era ... the death of a commissioner in a small town called Scarnsea. The murder mystery had rave reviews but it wasn ...

The four part series focuses on barrister Master Matthew Shardlake after he is sent by Thomas Cromwell to investigate the death of a commissioner in the remote monastery of Scarnsea. However, ...

Ireland should brace itself for storm force winds, heavy rain, sleet and snow, beginning on Thursday night when Storm Éowyn makes landfall. Met Éireann has issued an advisory for strong to gale ...

Immigration to Ireland increased by 5% in 2023 in the year to April 2024, new figures show. Despite the increase, the number of people who immigrated is still slightly lower than the peak in 2007 ...

A popular murder mystery show has been brutally axed after just one series on screens. Shardlake, starring Arthur Hughes and Sean Bean, has had the plug pulled on a potantial second series ...

to investigate the death of a commissioner in the remote monastery of Scarnsea. However, he is then ‘drawn into a web of lies that threatens not only his integrity but his life’ after is ...

Ireland's Ambassador to the US Geraldine Byrne Nason will represent Ireland at the inauguration of US President-elect Donald Trump on Monday, January 20. When asked if any Irish politicians were ...

The Dafhni Monastery in Athens, Greece, a Byzantine masterpiece, is designated as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Credit: Sp!ros, CC BY-SA 4.0/Wikipedia The Daphni Monastery on the outskirts of Athens ...