The former Democratic Senator from Maine and Senate majority leader, George Mitchell, surprised the political world when he decided not to run for re-election in 1994 after spending 14 years in the ...

She sings, she acts, she hosts a hugely successful nationally syndicated talk show, and still she finds time to be a mom to baby son Parker — Rosie O’Donnell has definitely been there, done that and ...

Noted Irish-Canadian historian and retired schoolteacher Marianna O’Gallagher has earned her reputation as the leading authority on the quarantine station at Grosse Ile in Quebec, the main point of ...

The Irish Repertory Theater Company, or the Irish Rep as it is more commonly known, is currently enjoying unprecedented success with two shows on offer, Yeats on Stage: The Plays, a special series of ...

The 1995 election of John Sweeney as president of the AFL-CIO ushered in a new era in the labor movement. On the day of his electoral victory he led an impromptu march up Manhattan’s Fashion Avenue ...

“Someone once said if l was left on an island, I’d reconstruct the rocks. I have a need to say I was here”. So has Anthony Quinn spent his life — leaving his mark on the world. His creativity ...

IRELAND will effectively go into lockdown overnight as it braces for the impact of what is being forecast as the “worst storm it has ever seen”. Storm Éowyn is set make landfall in the early hours of ...

TWO Irish entrepreneurs are in the running to be Lord Alan Sugar’s next business partner in the latest series of The Apprentice Series 19 of the popular television competition will air this month, ...

SAXOPHONE player and singer Paddy Cole has died at the age of 85. A familiar face from Ireland’s showband scene, the popular jazz artist hailed from Castleblayney in Monaghan. His death comes after he ...

EVERY school in Northern Ireland will close tomorrow due to the expected arrival of Storm Éowyn. The Met Office has issued a red alert, which covers all of Northern Ireland, from 7am on Friday until ...

AN investigation is underway after a local jewellers was targeted in an overnight burglary. Police officers were called to reports of a burglary at a jewellery story in the Urbal Road area of Coagh in ...