Ireland

Rambling houses were part of the bloodstream of west Irish rural life. They have, however, played another role as well

A new documentary from the magazine examines the British broadcasting ban on Sinn Féin leaders’ voices. But one figure looks oddly familiar

While the official Museum of Brexit is still yet to open its doors, Ireland's national museum is putting memorabilia to opposition on display

O’Connell campaigned against the oppression of not only Catholics, but slaves, European Jews and indeed anyone. Today, Ireland could do with him back

Sandy Baltimore’s name has surprising links to Gaelic-speaking Ireland, colonial plantations and Caribbean migrations

The ‘Kingdom’ emerged victorious in the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship yet again – a far cry from when the county used to be the butt of Ireland’s jokes

After decades of benefiting from investment, Dublin now finds itself stranded - with plenty of problems and few friends - in a dangerous new world

The member for Romford is sounding off about the Northern Irish constitution. His claim to expertise is about as weak as it gets

The cool, damp climate of the south-west of Ireland has become a surprising summer refuge for weary travellers escaping the heat of Europe

The right wing channel claimed Ireland was heading for an exit on the basis of a poll showing support for membership had plummeted to, er, 82%

Conor McPherson’s The Brightening Air is a slow-burner without much to say

In Ireland, generally, they do not mess about with the meat. Sausages are sausages, for the most part: simple cylinders of seasoned pork

Meet the Americans swapping Trump’s Florida for the gentle rural landscapes of County Kerry

The Irish writer with the ‘blazingly daring’ style is back. But don’t call her the next James Joyce

Daniel O’Connell, the 19th-century Kerryman, embodies Ireland’s discharge from the straps of England more than any other historical figure

Bucking global trends, voters kept the incumbents in charge and Sinn Féin out of power in the general election. But Trump may be about to throw a spanner in the works.

Ireland’s pubs are struggling but a music festival brings people to the streets

How we treat our land is revealed in its freshwaters and the anglers are there to notice it first

Daring choices are vindicated in the writer’s brilliant new novel about a chess player, his brother and their family

Legal battles are ongoing to protect the wild fish populations in the loughs of the west of Ireland from the threat of salmon farming

At anti-immigrant gatherings across Ireland one thing stands out: the youngsters

Did the Gaza encampments that sprung up across British universities achieve anything?

Sinn Féin’s target demographic now blames the party for cheerleading Ireland’s open-border mentality, and its popularity has plummeted

Ireland is going through a golden literary age – but Sinéad Gleeson’s extraordinary debut stands out from the rest

The outgoing Taoiseach ran rings around Boris Johnson as he made peace a priority

How a Danish archaeologist’s book about ancient bodies found buried in peat bogs inspired some of the poet’s greatest work

A hugely ambitious exhibition at the Irish Museum of Modern Art shows how a burgeoning sense of nationhood gripped many European countries in 1918

There are not many Gaelic loanwords in English, and the most common ones refer to specifically Scottish phenomena. But not all

The main stumbling block to Middle East peace is the Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu

Ireland is a modern-day success story but some individuals have slipped through the cracks

It is hard to overestimate the damage the combination of Brexit, Johnson and Truss has done

The new women’s wing of the Limerick prison is a symbol of the view the best system is when there is the least amount of imprisonment