Minding the Torch: Olympic flame travels in style
London organisers revealed the first details of the Olympic flame’s trip from Greece to Britain for the 2012 London Games yesterday.
View ArticleMore than 2,250 new Irish citizens welcomed to the 'national family'
“As a people we have been enriched by your presence and in making you citizens of our ancient and proud land we are acknowledging that contribution,” – Minister Alan Shatter addresses Ireland’s newest...
View ArticleTop Irish restaurants named at awards ceremony
Chapter One was named the best restaurant in Ireland – so who were the other winners?
View ArticleRead Me: Humanist weddings – what are they all about?
The Humanist Association of Ireland’s director of ceremonies Brian Whiteside says that for those who are not religious, it is nice to have an alternative.
View ArticleBob Dylan commended for influence on American culture
From protests during the civil rights movement era to a presidential honour at the White House, times are a-changin’ for Bob Dylan.
View ArticleMarried deacons ordained into the Catholic Church
Dublin Diocese says the eight deacons will not be “lone rangers”…
View ArticlePresident to lay wreath as events commemorating fallen soldiers held around...
National Commemoration Day marks the deaths of Irish men and women in past wars and on UN service.
View Article8 unusual places to get hitched in Ireland (and one in Poland…)
Sick of the sight of hotel function rooms? Here are a few alternative wedding venues for your special day.
View ArticleTaoiseach and Tánaiste attend Remembrance Day ceremonies
Tánaiste Eamon Gilmore became the first Irish Government Minister to participate in a Remembrance Sunday event in Belfast.
View ArticleLeinster, Donegal and Rory Mac dominate RTÉ sports award nominations
Will it be a case of Jimmy McGuinness winning more accolades at the gala ceremony?
View ArticleDun Laoghaire RNLI remembers volunteers lost at sea
The ceremony is to remember the 15 volunteers who died at sea on Christmas Eve 1895 and all those who lost their lives around Irish coasts.
View ArticleColumn: For Obama, this inauguration will be very different than the first
In January 2009, nearly two million people flocked to see the first African-American be sworn in as president – but, four years on, some promises have yet to be fulfilled. This term will present even...
View ArticleCouples getting hitched later in life as marriage rates fall
Figures from the CSO show Saturday 31 July was the most popular date for marriage in 2010.
View ArticlePope Francis presides over his first Good Friday ceremony
The pope has attended the Passion of Christ in St Peter’s Basilica ahead of a torch-lit procession at the Colosseum later tonight.
View ArticleColumn: I’m a devoted father, I’m engaged and I’m a gay man – I should be...
When the question “why are you getting married?” is put to any couple, gay or straight, the answer is the same: “because we love each other,” writes Christian Daly, who says time for marriage equality...
View Article“The Kennedys were more than emigrants” – 50 years on, Wexford remembers JFK
Thousands of people are attending events in New Ross today to mark JFK’s visit to the town half a century ago.
View ArticlePICS: 4,500 become Irish citizens in giant ceremony
Around 4,500 people received their certificate of naturalisation at the Convention Centre today.
View Article'No plans' to remove the devil from Church of Ireland baptisms, following...
New language for baptism services is being road-tested in English parishes in a bid to make the text used more accessible.
View ArticleLift tragedy toddler laid to rest in Galway
Solomon Soremekun’s mother was too distraught to attend today’s prayer service.
View Article‘I can now feel lucky every day’: Over 3,000 people granted Irish citizenship
Watch what citizenship means to some of the candidates at today’s ceremony.
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