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A church service marking Northern Ireland’s centenary has stirred up debate. But amid the past few years’ tensions, the island’s Christian leaders have coordinated closely.
When it came to managing the spread of COVID-19, Canada fared better than the United States and the United Kingdom, but worse than other welfare states like New Zealand and Japan.
New data shows the recent damage to UK’s prized services sector – and potentially to Europe as a whole.
Ireland is the latest country to make the mistake of thinking that algorithms by themselves are the route to untold prosperity.
Estonia and Hungary are arguing that EU member states cannot legally implement the OECD agreement on corporation tax.
Northern Ireland’s Orange Order will take to the streets on July 12 to commemorate a Protestant military victory. A scholar explains why this year the risk of unrest is heightened.
The G-7 wants to set a minimum global tax rate, which would make it harder for countries to act as tax havens.
In Lough Hyne’s shallows, animals and plants thrive that would otherwise be found in the ocean’s depths.
Some countries made abortion access easier during the pandemic. Others used it as an excuse for a crackdown.
Ireland is under pressure to investigate, and potentially fine, Facebook for alleged data breaches under GDPR.
Ireland is looking at imposing a living wage on all employers.
Storms which originate in the tropics and reach Europe aren’t as rare as scientists once thought.
The conservative Catholic moral code that underpinned adoption in Ireland penalised vulnerable women and their children. Now a proposed new law seeks to redress the impact of this legacy of shame.
Why would a group of people decide to spend months and years living semi-naked in squalid conditions?
Brexit has reopened an old battle over Northern Irish identity, leading to clashes in the street. Scores have been injured in the troubled UK territory’s worst outbreak of violence in decades.
Google mobility data shows people staying home less and visiting shops more than they were last spring.
Joe Biden is just the latest in a long line of US presidents to trace their ancestry back to the Emerald Isle.
The first female student at the famous Makerere University art school, Karuga only began an art career when she retired at 60. She ended up showing internationally.
Most of those incarcerated in mid-20th century Ireland were held in psychiatric hospitals, which have kept their secrets until today. This must change.
But these ‘cold-water coral’ are threatened by accelerating sea currents.


















