The Office of Public Works (OPW) is set to spend more than €40 million redeveloping the West Wing of the National Library of Ireland – nearly double its original budget. The spiralling cost of ...

The last decades of the 19th century and the first decades of the 20th were a period of epochal change and disruption in Ireland. The death and diaspora of the Great Hunger was followed by the ...

History Ireland is a bi-monthly publication which has been in production for fifteen years. Each issue of History Ireland aims to provide the reader with a wide variety of topics from the earliest ...

“Michael Collins” screenwriter and director Neil Jordan has donated his archive to the National Library of Ireland. Jordan is also known for "Breakfast on Pluto ...

The National Library of Ireland has acquired the personal papers of Irish priest Fr. Bernárd Lynch, a renowned HIV/AIDS activist in New York. Fr. Bernárd Lynch was born in Ennis, Co Clare in 1947 and ...

Release Date: April 22, 2004 This content is archived. BUFFALO, N.Y. -- The 100th anniversary of Bloomsday is in the wings and several treasured items from the University at Buffalo Libraries' James ...

The majestic Old Library at Trinity College Dublin, where some of Ireland’s most ancient and valuable books are stored, is a popular tourist attraction. By Ed O’Loughlin DUBLIN — The Long Room, with ...

Siren sounds have blared from mobile phones across the country in a test of the national emergency alert system. At around 15 ...