Why Ireland’s 1926 census going online is such a big deal
I started writing about tech after working in a Carphone Warehouse shop. It was a college job I…
Clodagh Finn: What the 1926 census reveals about early independent Ireland
Top marks to Thompson’s bread for its advert on this day, 100 years ago, when the very first…
Brussels backs windfall tax on big firms to ease pain from energy crisis – POLITICO
This wouldn’t be the first time that EU capitals have raided the profits of energy companies to ease…
100 years on… the remarkable story of the Irish woman who plotted to kill Mussolini
On April 7, 1926, Violet Gibson rose at 6am, prayed in the chapel at Santa Brigida convent, Rome,…
What Maimonides Knew That We Forgot
Contemporary medicine is not failing for lack of knowledge. It is failing under the weight of its own…
St. George unveils sculpture honoring pioneer woman who asked for ‘just one beautiful thing’
ST. GEORGE — St. George unveiled a new sculpture Thursday depicting one of the city’s first pioneer women…
How bad will Europe’s energy crisis get? – POLITICO
“Markets are now grappling with a scenario long discussed in theory but rarely thought of as a legitimate…
How an 1847 Choctaw donation to Ireland now funds students through UCC scholarship
It might have formed the basis of one of history’s most unlikely friendships, beginning with a Native American…
Gertrude Gaffney — intrepid war correspondent and Ireland’s ‘ablest woman journalist’
If Gertrude Gaffney, once described as “Ireland’s ablest female journalist”, were alive today she would surely be reporting…
Sunol Water Temple educational center remains unopened after 17 years of planning and millions spent – The Mercury News
When the San Francisco Public Utility Commission began to plan for a Sunol Water Temple welcome center, President…
Temuera Morrison Breaks His Silence About the Future Of Boba Fett
Every rose has its thorn, and for fans of Star Wars’ new small-screen universe, that thorn is The…
The dung queen of Ireland — and other Irish women alive in the time of Hamnet
Strong by name, formidable by nature. The business acumen, wiles and entrepreneurial genius of Catherine Strong, aka the…