Lisa Smith planned to die in Syria and ‘be a martyr’ court hears

A woman who knew former Defence Forces member told the Special Criminal Court she was ‘indoctrinated’

Star of the ‘Emerald Isle’ – An Irishman’s Diary on William Drennan

Daniel O’Connell, the greatest of all politicians

Olivia O’Leary on the man who invented peaceful protest and raised Irish Catholics off their knees

A Sussex town gets set for impending fireworks

Lewes Letter: Guy Fawkes fire-starters kindle rich heritage away from Whitehall woes

Should everyone in Ireland be paid €752 a month for doing nothing?

Arguments are growing for basic income payments

Education vouchers would be better than the inequality of ‘free fees’

Opinion: This system would not discriminate against poorer students and would encourage and support lifelong learning

Niall O’Dowd: Irish America was first to see the significance of the 1916 Rising

The Irish American leaders wanted to turn back the global tidal wave of condemnation surrounding 1916

The Zen approach to sheep control in 1970s Ireland

It had never occurred to me that someone in rural Ireland might have been passing the winter with books on Zen back then

‘There’s a need to present a positive alternative to the G8, a different way . . . ’

The local is global for Fermanagh marchers