Dublin's economic revival starts at places like 23 William Street South. The old building is filled with tech startups in a city once dominated by bankers and real-estate agents.

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.

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.

Live like the royals did - if only for a night. Lynn O'Rourke Hayes scopes out cool castles.

Graham Reid feels the impact of grand gestures at Ireland's infamous Jealous Wall.

Megan Singleton reveals her spoon skills in a quest to find five things to do in Dublin.

Something will not seem quite right when the Six Nations kicks off this weekend. After 14 straight seasons of combat, Ronan O'Gara will be missing - and he is not about to deny he will miss it something rotten.

An Italian man charged with murdering his Irish landlord after an alleged row over a game of chess told police he had cut open his victim and tried to eat his heart.

An Irish man has been knifed to death in a frenzied attack over a late night chess game, detectives believe.

A violent Irishman will be escorted on a 14-hour deportation flight by the Queenstown police officer whose genitals he squeezed during a drunken confrontation.

A blonde-haired, blue-eyed seven-year-old girl has been put into care after being taken from a Roma family in Ireland.

Paul Rush finds more than one perfect pint on a self-guided literary tour of Dublin.

In the south of Ireland, Living’s restaurant reviewer Peter Calder finds fine food — and a decent cup of coffee at last.

Diana Plater's family has yet to find the answer to a family riddle: Who was their great, great, great grandmother? And why did they have a tradition of the name, Stuart, running through generations? She travels to Ireland to look for answers.

The melodic Irish brogue is the soundtrack to Geraldine O'Sullivan Beere's visit to Avoca County, Ireland.

An Irish property developer who was allegedly kidnapped for eight months has been released from police custody.

Questions have been raised about the circumstances of Irish tycoon Kevin McGeever's kidnapping.

Alec Baldwin and his 28-year-old yoga instructor wife Hilaria Thomas have confirmed they are expecting their first child together.