The first major administrative act by an independent Irish government, what was involved in compiling the census 100 years ago?

For anyone in Fermanagh with an interest in family history, April 2026 is shaping up to be a landmark moment with the publication of the 1926 Census.

The international swan census takes place this weekend, with volunteers helping count whooper and Bewick’s swans ...

A century after the Free State’s first census, its figures still illuminate Ireland’s struggles with identity, population, and political ambition On the night of April 18, 1926, Ireland paused. Across ...

The recall affects passports issued between Dec. 23 and Jan. 6, Ireland’s Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade said.

Come March, whooper swans will brave the long journey north again, returning to wide expanses of their Arctic breeding ...

Almost one in 10 Irish people aged between 18 and 29 believe the Holocaust is a “myth” while 19 per cent in this age group ...

Barrier island residents now can now use "Hutchinson Island" on their mail, and more could be coming to identify the island as its own place.

Responsibilities were presumed to include reviving Irish, selling everything ‘from sausages to sweep tickets’, and providing a living for writers and musicians ...

Mark Wallace, the owner of the Rex Bar in Belfast’s Shankill Road, knows just two phrases in Irish. The first is “Shankill” – which comes from the word Seanchille, or “the old church”. The second ...

The Irish politician plans to build strong links between Ireland and Maine across political, civic, economic, research and ...

Sinn Féin's then party leader Gerry Adams with Martin McGuinness and Bairbre de Brún in 1999 Newly-released state papers reveal more details about a row over flags within the first power-sharing ...