When you talk about the banjo in Irish music, one name always comes up first.Barney McKenna, otherwise known as “Banjo Barney”, the late Dubliners ­legend whose playing transformed the instrument from ...

The long-awaited appointment of Northern Ireland’s first language commissioners has stalled, leaving the two candidates who believed they were successful in securing the roles “in limbo”. The ...

Livestreams from the boats suggest not all of the 44 flotilla vessels have been boarded and evacuated At least 14 Irish citizens have been detained after the Israeli navy intercepted a number of boats ...

A new Irish language policy is expected to be ratified by Belfast City Council on Wednesday evening. The new policy will see the Irish language used in the local authority’s branding, but it remains ...

Irish critics have voiced their disapproval of Netflix’s new drama House of Guinness due to its “rudimentary understanding of Ireland’s experiences of colonialism”. The series, written by Peaky ...

Voters had their first real chance to run the rule on the three presidential candidates as they faced off in the first televised debate of the campaign on Monday. Independent Catherine Connolly, Fine ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

Heather Humphreys canvassed Cork City just hours after Irish flags were erected on lampposts and bridges across the city in an apparent echo of the far-right, anti-migrant, Tricolour-hoisting across ...

The Pittsburgh Steelers had plenty of reasons to dance in the first half against the Minnesota Vikings on Sunday as the team made NFL history in Dublin, Ireland. The Steelers defense was swarming ...

Brilliant Irish climax in Shanghai as Fiona Murtagh claims gold in women's Single Sculls and then, 30 minutes later, Mags Cremen and Fintan McCarthy added a second gold in the Mixed Double Sculls ...

The injection of prizemoney that the Friends Of The Curragh Irish Cesarewitch has been boosted with in recent years has turned a very competitive handicap into an ultra-competitive handicap. Now the ...

The Fighting Irish of Notre Dame (1-2) are on the road in Fayetteville, AR for a matchup with the SEC’s Arkansas Razorbacks (2-2). The Irish outlasted a lengthy weather delay as well as the Purdue ...