The enduring popularity of the song "I Don't Like Mondays" by The Boomtown Rats has pushed the title phrase into the lexicon. People reflexively utter that phrase at the start of each week as they ...

In Pakistan's suffocating coal mines, an innovative initiative is tackling the deadly tuberculosis by taking lifesaving care ...

A lot can change in four decades. Once pitied as impoverished and forever on the brink of crisis, Africa is now booming.

You’ll hear similar sentiments around a lunch table in Dublin, or in the snug of a pub. Yet most people are not committing acts of violence in the name of radical politics ...

Comedian Nish Kumar, 39, sparked outrage during an appearance on the BBC’s Hootenanny New Year’s Eve celebrations with ...

It is a sad reality that some of the countries richest in natural resources are the same ones saddled with the most ...

MARKET BOOT FAIR will have lots of stalls this week. Clear your clutter in the New Year, one person’s trash is another person’s treasure.

One reader writes in to say that birds will be seeking food and water during this period of low temperature, offering ...

Despite violence and unemployment dominating public life, there is an alluring sheen to 1985, writes Mick Clifford ...

Celebrate the season with timeless Christmas song classics. Enjoy holiday tunes that bring festive cheer and warm memories for everyone.

This month Athlone will be the venue for a celebration of 50 years of hits for the international duo Foster and Allen. The midland musicians will be appearing in the '50 Years of Musical Hits' tour in ...

FARGO — Over the holidays, a lot of you took in the Bob Dylan movie: "A Complete Unknown." One part of Dylan's life that didn't make the film was his time in Fargo, where he did everything from ...