Of the many things associated with the feast day of Ireland’s patron saint, a small number originate with the religious day of observance. There are now two St. Patrick’s Day days worldwide. One is an ...

Inside the frescoed nave of a church near the Colosseum, women in black veils and clean-cut young men listened in reverent ...

This July 11, 2025, photograph shows Niamh McCullagh, a forensic expert, standing on the site in Tuam, Ireland, where she is leading efforts to exhume the remains of children buried at the former St.

Crime scene experts and forensic archaeologists in Ireland will excavate and try to identify the remains of over 800 infants who died at a Catholic church-run home for unmarried mothers. An ...

The ending of one-off energy payments in Budget 2026 will "disproportionately impact low-income households", according to the Irish Catholic Bishops.

Excavations have begun at a former church-run home in Tuam, Ireland, where 800 children may be buried. The home closed in 1961; a mass grave was found in a sewage system in 2014. Experts will study ...

The Catholic faith has, for decades now, been waning in what was once a devout stronghold of the faith, but a new survey is suggesting that Ireland may soon experience a sort of Christian revival, ...

Digging has begun to uncover the remains of some 800 infants and young children buried in mass graves in Tuam, western Ireland. These children have been unidentified for at least 65 years, and it was ...