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Sinead O’Connor fans gather to sing Nothing Compares 2 U in Dublin tribute

Fans of Sinead O’Connor sang her most famous song at a poignant gathering in Dublin to pay tribute to the late star. Around 100 people joined together to sing Nothing Compares 2 U at the event on Sunday afternoon. O’Connor, who died in London last ...

30 Jul 2023 at 17:31

National News

Sinead O’Connor sang with ‘sense of mission’ against injustices, Toibin says

Sinead O’Connor sang with a “sense of mission” to speak out against injustices, the Laureate for Irish Fiction Colm Toibin has said. The Irish singer, who died this week aged 56, was propelled to international stardom in 1990 with her version of ...

30 Jul 2023 at 13:20

National News

Sinead O’Connor found unresponsive at London home by police

Sinead O’Connor was found unresponsive at a home in south-east London and pronounced dead at the scene, police have confirmed. The death of the Irish star at the age of 56 is not being treated as suspicious. A statement from the Metropolitan ...

27 Jul 2023 at 12:12

Arts & Entertainment

WATCH: First look at documentary on Ireland's last nuns

A documentary on the history of Irish nuns is set to premiere tonight (Tuesday December 16). Journalist and broadcaster, Dearbhail McDonald, examines the role of nuns in Ireland to see how they have shaped Irish lives, including her own, ...

16 Jan 2024 at 12:02

Local News

'May your heart be like the mountains in the homes of Donegal' - Letterkenny man ordained Bishop of Ossory

The new Bishop of Ossory has been ordained at a ceremony in a cathedral in Kilkenny. The mass to ordain Father Niall Coll began at 3pm in the Cathedral of Saint Mary, with Father Kieran O’Shea of the Diocese of Ossory preaching the ...

22 Jan 2023 at 15:40

Northern Ireland

Church leaders visit Rome to mark Good Friday Agreement anniversary

Church leaders from the island of Ireland will attend a seminar in Rome to mark the 25th anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement. In a shared statement they said the visit is taking place at a time of “great concern for the state ...

28 Sept 2023 at 00:01

National News

Lovestruck couples visit shrine to St Valentine in Dublin

Couples hoping to be lucky in love have been visiting a shrine in Dublin which contains the partial remains of St Valentine. Engaged couples had their wedding rings blessed at the Carmelite Church in Whitefriar Street on Monday ...

14 Feb 2023 at 09:34

National News

'Gay Byrne's worst interview' - Treatment of Bishop Casey's former lover condemned in viral clip

The late Gay Byrne has come under fire after a resurfaced clip of his interview with an Irish bishop's former lover went viral. Bishop Eamonn Casey - who died in 2017 - resigned in 1992 after it was revealed he fathered a son ...

23 Jul 2024 at 15:02

National News

Pope Francis’ visit to Ireland provided ‘powerful moment’ for abuse survivors

Pope Francis’ visit to Ireland six years ago was said to have offered a “powerful” opportunity for survivors of clerical abuse to gather in solidarity and highlight scandals. Despite being praised for an “important” letter ...

21 Apr 2025 at 09:22

National News

Irish-born cardinal announces Pope Francis’s death

An Irish-born cardinal made the announcement to the world that Pope Francis had died. Cardinal Kevin Farrell, 77, confirmed that the head of the Catholic Church had died on Easter Monday after bouts of ill health ...

21 Apr 2025 at 11:29

National News

Starmer pays tribute to ‘pope for the poor’ who ‘never lost hope’

Pope Francis was “a pope for the poor, the downtrodden and the forgotten”, the Prime Minister has said as politicians paid tribute to the late pontiff. MPs from across the political spectrum praised the Pope for ...

21 Apr 2025 at 11:47

National News

Whoopi Goldberg and Antonio Banderas lead celebrity tributes to Pope Francis

Hollywood actors Whoopi Goldberg and Antonio Banderas are among the celebrities who have praised Pope Francis’s kindness and compassion following his death on Easter Monday. The leader of the Roman Catholic ...

21 Apr 2025 at 17:04

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