2018 has officially been deemed the busiest year for tourism in Ireland. Tourism Ireland reports that a staggering 11.2 million overseas visitors came to Ireland in 2018, an increase of 6% from 2017.

Although Pope Francis’ Ireland trip is not yet completely confirmed, it is believed he will want to place emphasis on visits to poorer Irish communities. Pope Francis is expected to visit one of ...

The Irish government announced Tuesday that a referendum on the country’s abortion laws – some of Europe’s most restrictive – will be held next year. In a statement, the Irish government said the ...

Somehow even greener than the pictures promise, Ireland is a land of fairy tales and political revolutions, poetry and pubs, rainbows and, well, quite a bit of rain. More than 7 million tourists ...

Before 2018, most women in the Republic of Ireland were able to get abortions only if they traveled to a clinic in England or Wales or had a self-managed abortion at home, but figuring out how to do ...

Pope Francis will visit Ireland in 2018, Irish Prime Minister Enda Kenny said Monday, becoming the first Pontiff to visit the country since Pope John Paul II’s tour in 1979. Kenny confirmed the visit ...

One in 6 unborn children’s lives now end in abortion in the Republic of Ireland, according to the Irish Department of Health statistics, which reports 10,852 abortions in 2024 — the highest number on ...

Irish aviation officials are investigating after two airline pilots reported seeing unidentified flying objects off the southwest coast of Ireland last week, the Irish Examiner reports. A pilot of a ...

KARUIZAWA, Japan – Ireland has been selected as the site of the 2018 World Amateur Team Championships, the International Golf Federation (IGF) announced at its Biennial Meeting. The Montgomerie and ...

During the summer of 2019, remarks by Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg prompted a wave of reports, mainly by right-leaning and pro-life websites, that the social network founder had "admitted" to having ...

Ireland’s national team manager Martin O’Neill looks on before the Euro 2016 Group E soccer match between Belgium and Ireland at the Nouveau Stade in Bordeaux, France, Saturday, June 18, 2016. (Credit ...