A young Cavan woman, killed in a car crash two days before Christmas, was expecting her first baby, her funeral mass was told ...

WE’VE HAD TWELVE months of compiling excellent longreads every week for Sitdown Sunday – and now it’s time to pick the best of the bunch. Here were the highlights from across 2024, month by month.

Love, life and crimes: these are the best books of 2024, according to The Australian’s literary critics. It’s hard to choose ...

Kristof: So let’s go back to the Nativity. Of the four Gospels, two describe the virgin birth of Jesus and two don’t mention ...

The 4 Corners Festival is returning in 2025 for its 13th year, and is jampacked with a range of exciting practical workshops, talks, discussions and sport activities across Belfast.

The scholar Elaine Pagels discusses her research about ancient accounts suggesting that Jesus’ father might have been a Roman ...

Bel Mooney picks the best Poetry collections of this year, all of which would make perfect gifts this Christmas, ...

There were 29 finalists in this year’s competition from across 15 counties, from Antrim to Dublin and Mayo. The late poet Seamus Heaney was a supporter of the Poetry Aloud competition, citing the ...

Avoid misuse for illegal activities or harassment, and prioritize ethical and responsible communication. Have you ever wondered how to call anonymously? It’s simpler than you might think. Discover how ...

Whatever it means to be Irish—whatever qualities of heart and mind, whatever generosity and love for the very earth and rocks of that island—millions of Irish people were convinced that Seamus Heaney ...

The ability to put a call on hold and answer another call is built into the default phone apps on Android phones and iPhones. With both devices, the person you are putting on hold will receive an ...

A vivid floral still life by South Africa’s foremost painter, Irma Stern, was the top lot at Strauss & Co’s R50-million grossing spring sale in Cape Town, selling for R9.1 million. In the remote and ...