A limited-edition Michael Collins note has been launched to mark the 100th anniversary of the passage of the Irish Free State Constitution Act on December 6, 1922, which formally ratified the 1921 ...

On Jan. 1, Ireland took over the rotating Presidency of the Council of the European Union, its seventh time to do so since becoming members 40 years ago this month. What was at that time the European ...

Cork City Council has agreed to commission a new statue of Michael Collins with his bicycle to be erected in the city center. The design is based on a well-known photograph of the Irish revolutionary ...

Aug. 22 (UPI) --On this date in history: In 1851, the U.S.-built schooner America outran a fleet of Britain's finest ships around England's Isle of Wight in an international race that became known as ...