My ancestors came from Ireland ... northern, central, and southern*and their 18 points reference Illinois’ founding in 1818. A sun on the horizon, also featured on our current state flag ...

The sport brings together people from all communities with the only flags flying being those sporting the team colours ...

Unlikely as it may sound, two spots in Tehran, Iran pay homage to Bobby Sands, the IRA activist who died while hunger striking in the Maze Prison in Northern Ireland. Perhaps a bit frivolously ...

One told a story of how they travel from Ireland to Birmingham ... tents on the cobbled streets in northern France and draped every barrier or wall with flags. They arranged kick-arounds next ...

Picking up from the account in Solidarity 731 of how the 1960s civil rights movement in Northern Ireland led to a bloody ...

Unionists will never accept the Tricolour as their flag in a united Ireland And that’s not just the view of hardliners, but fact most people in the Republic are unlikely to budge over the issue ...

Greenlanes National School will represent Ireland at the NFL's Pro Bowl weekend ... who will represent Ireland at the International NFL Flag Championships in Florida this weekend.

Northern Ireland’s tourism industry is facing the looming threat of a £210 million annual loss, with new border travel arrangements set to drastically affect cross-border tourism. As the UK’s ...

According to figures from Tourism Northern Ireland, their average spend per night is €160 - compared to US tourists who spend €98. Mullingar-based Ken Delaney offers high end tours of Northern ...

The opportunity to take up a new sport has been a "breath of fresh air" for a group of Dublin school children who will represent Ireland at the International NFL Flag Championships in Florida this ...

This edited extract from Revolutionary Times looks at partition and the creation of Northern Ireland. The Boundary Commission met for the first time in November 1924, 100 years ago. Set up to ...

The cold snap in Northern Ireland is finally set to end this weekend – after almost a week of freezing temperatures. The Met Office has advised that maximum temperatures on Saturday will go back ...