Raise your glasses to these drinking establishments, writes Megan Singleton.

Police have detained a 21-year-old as part of the investigation into missing Glasgow student Karen Buckley.

Mils Muliaina is continuing to train with his professional Irish team, despite an allegation of sexual assault hanging over his head, his agent has confirmed.

In the lobby of Ireland's Agriculture Department in Dublin, a flat-screen TV displays a digital clock counting down the seconds until April 1.

An Irish court has temporarily legalised certain class-A drugs after a law governing the possession of controlled substances was ruled unconstitutional.

Some readers said we should take heed of the Celtic Tiger's demise, while others were more inclined to point out how different our economic situation is.

Precisely the same factors that plunged Ireland into its housing crisis last decade are now in play in NZ and could spark a big correction, says a leading Auckland fund manager.

Hobbling at the back of the pack (with one broken shoe) Jini Reddy hikes the heights of Connemara - home to staggering landscapes and well-earned seafood suppers.

A Dublin court has ruled in a landmark decision that a clinically brain-dead pregnant woman's life support machine be switched off.

She duped Irish and Canadian authorities with horrific tales of being a child sex abuse victim. Now a 26-year-old Aussie is being sent back home.

Drop into any pub in Ireland and you'll not stay a stranger very long, Bruce Morris discovers.

The real story about the song of wartime longing turns out to have a more earthy meaning, Peter Calder discovers.

The ex-wife of a struck-off Papakura lawyer - who fled NZ during a SFO probe - is unable to bring a claim here to establish her stake in an Irish country estate.

A $611 million unsolicited takeover proposal for Chiquita Brands could lead to the scrapping of its pending merger with Irish competitor Fyffes.

Ireland finally struck offshore oil, or so it seemed in 2012. But two years on, the company behind the find still hasn't found a partner to develop the oil field.

Jameson Irish Whiskey has staked its future in a new distillery. It hopes it will double sales to compete with the world's biggest whiskey brands, such as Jack Daniel's.

Medical device maker Medtronic, is poised to become the biggest firm to escape the US tax system by shifting its incorporation abroad.

The Irish government is launching a full-scale investigation into controversial Catholic homes for unmarried mothers, following revelations that up to 800 infants died in one such institution over a 35-year period.

In Dublin, Ewan McDonald settles into the front-parlour of Irish folk music.

Nearly 800 young children are believed to be buried in a mass grave beside a former home for unwed mothers in Ireland.

Megan Singleton finds the best of Ireland on a road trip around the Emerald Isle.

Gerry Adams hit out at the “old guard” in the Northern Ireland police force after four days in custody for questioning about a notorious IRA murder in 1972.

A priest shocked a couple and their wedding guests in Ireland when he gave a powerful surprise rendition of Leonard Cohen's Hallelujah, complete with re-worked lyrics.

An aquarium in Ireland has welcomed what is believed to be one of the world's only lesbian penguin couples, after keepers observed two females exhibiting courting behaviour.

In the south of Ireland, the sport of hurling is the focus of a community's sense of itself, writes Peter Calder.

Arm yourself with the following surprising facts about St Patrick Day's namesake to impress your companions.

St Patrick's Day is time to enjoy all things Irish, so today we're looking at the influence of the Irish on New Zealand - it's far greater than a once-a-year celebration.