Pic of Day: 44 years after his hunger strike death a statue of Bobby Sands has been unveiled in Belfast. See full report in this week's Echo ...

A statue has been unveiled in memory of IRA hunger striker Bobby Sands in Belfast, marking the 44th anniversary of his death.

Britain will celebrate the 80th anniversary of VE Day at a time when its national identity is being roiled by immigration ...

A new exhibition on "Indigenous Aid to Ireland during the Great Hunger" has been launched by Ireland's Great Hunger Institute ...

Francesca McGhie’s last-gasp try saw Scotland earn their second Women’s Six Nations win after beating Ireland 26-19 at the Hive Stadium. Amee-Leigh Costigan sent Ireland ahead after sprinting down the ...

A NEW 15-metre-tall sculpture will be officially unveiled in Bradford on Saturday – becoming the latest in a number of statues and sculptures ... unique feature. This memorial sculpture ...

A century after the worst Irish famine, the power and influence of Irish exiles was nearing its zenith. By 1959 some 108 of the 169 Democrats in the Massachusetts House of Representatives were ...

People pause to read names etched in brick at the base of a memorial statue during a ceremony on Worker’s Memorial Day on Wednesday, April 23, 2025 in Everett, Washington. (Olivia Vanni / The ...

In his death, Pope Francis reminds the world that the voice of faith still speaks loud and clear - The Irish News viewOpens in new window Pope Francis’s doctor says the pontiff died at home ...

A memorial mass for Pope Francis will be held on Thursday evening in Armagh’s cathedral. The 7pm mass at St Patrick’s Cathedral will be led by the All-Ireland Primate, Archbishop Eamon Martin.

He was close to the realities of human fragility, meeting Christians around the world facing war, famine, persecution and poverty. Yet he never lost hope of a better world. "That hope was as the ...