The Irish Potato Famine is a big part of Irish history. The Famine took more than 1 million lives of the Irish the population and forced more than 2 million to leave the country. Despite the evidence of event’s importance,…
The annual Trafficking in Persons Report, 2016 revealed figures related to human trafficking on Wednesday, which shows how Ireland lags behind when it comes to supporting the victims. The number of detected victims of trafficking in Ireland has gone up…
Inspirefest is a unique international festival of technology, science, design and the arts. The festival will take place from the 6th to the 8th of July at Bord Gáis Energy Theatre, Dublin, Ireland. Inspirefest is Europe’s leading sci-tech and Arts…
A team of Irish astronomers from the Dublin Institute of Advanced Studies led by Eamon O’Gorman captured an image of unprecedented detail of another star, called Betelgeuse. It was captured using the world’s largest radio telescope, the Atacama Large Millimetre/sub-millimetre…
Last Saturday, the 24th of June, Dublin, usually grey and rainy, changed its colour palette to a brighter rainbowlike one. Free sweets, bubbles flying, rainbow-flags and people in different funny costumes turned Dublin into a more peaceful and lively place,…
School Portraits, an exhibition held and organized by Draíocht from the 24th of May to the 24th of June at Draíocht, displayed work of 4 artists who expressed themselves through different kinds of art form. The exhibition represented Irish school…
On Sunday, an Irish naval ship rescued 712 people including pregnant women and infants off the coast of the Libyan capital of Tripoli as part of an international migrant rescue effort, Ireland’s Defence Forces said on Monday. During the day…
Festa Junina, otherwise known as the Midsummer Festival, is taking place in the Tivoli on Sunday the 25th of June. The day will be filled with performances from live bands such as Forró Namangaia and Trio The Pé No Chão and…
Waste piles up on Greek streets The streets of an Island paradise, Greece, are facing the consequences of the ongoing dispute between the government and thousands of refuse collectors’ jobs. Piles of rubbish and stale waste have been mounting up…
