The Great Plains of the United States are sparsely populated, and in most areas that population is sparsely Catholic. While there may not be many Catholics in Oklahoma, Kansas, Nebraska and elsewhere ...

Strumpet City by James Plunkett returned to No 1 on the Irish bestsellers’ last April after being chosen by Dublin City ...

People are really feeling for Rhodri Williams after Wales' huge loss to England, after he pledged to run a mile for every point they lost by in the Six Nations. At the beginning of the tournament ...

He’d scribble them down and gradually the story would come together. That bog is where Gerry Cunningham, a storyteller by nature, wrote the plays that have given a voice to his people. It’s where he ...

In an exhibition game against the Yomiuri Giants, the three-time MVP belted a two-run homer to right field in the third inning to give the Los Angeles Dodgers a 4-0 lead, setting off a roar from ...

George Brent, one of the several Irishmen who fought in the Easter Rising 1916 and went on to enjoy ... we look back on these extraordinary people: One of the odd coincidences of Ireland’s ...