Ireland is a place of rich history - but the forces of embracing the past and pushing it forward are fighting, which is being expressed in its current music.

In March 2025, the severed head of King George V made a controversial appearance at a Melbourne concert performed by Irish hip-hop trio Kneecap. The solid bronze head was removed from its body during ...

What began on an Easter morning in Dublin would ignite a revolution. The Easter Rising planted the roots of Irish independence—at great cost.

MOYGASHEL, Northern Ireland, July 10 (Reuters) - A model of refugees in a boat, placed on a bonfire in a pro-British town ...

Pic of Day: A flag that flew during Ireland's Easter rising and Japan's Rising Sun flag are both on display as Taoiseach Micheál Martin met with Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba while inspecting ...

An Israeli Defence Forces flag has been raised on an east Belfast street, likely in response to the controversy around a remark made by punk rap duo Bob Vylan during a Glastonbury performance.

Sir Keir Starmer continues to face the prospect of a major rebellion over his welfare cuts despite making concessions to disgruntled Labour MPs. Ministers hope a partial U-turn will be enough to ...

Flags will be lowered to half-staff on Monday, June 30, in Arizona. Here's why, plus the difference between half-staff and half-mast.

Irish-language rap group Kneecap has peformed for tens of thousands of fans at the Glastonbury Festival despite controversy and criticism from British politicians.

Inhaler, Ash and CMAT were among the Irish acts who took to the stage at Glastonbury in Somerset in England on Friday.

Flags erected in a Co Antrim public park for the first time — branded a form of “intimidation” by Sinn Fein — have been swiftly taken down, with a unionist councillor saying he suspected ...

IrishCentral Contributor Joseph Connell explores how Ireland's Civil War ignited with the shelling of Ireland's most prominent court buildings.