St Patrick’s Day trips overseas ‘an outrageous waste of taxpayers’ money’
We have embassies and consulates everywhere that could spread the message without all the cost
St Patrick’s Day
‘Celebrating our roots and growing together’: Dublin’s St Patrick’s festivities announced
Four days of ‘carnival’ promised with centrepiece parade of 12 large floats as well as marching bands
‘Towns do not have the financial strength of cities’: the burn-out of St Patrick’s Day festivals
Insurance, financing and volunteers among the myriad challenges that organisers face
Is sending Verona Murphy off to Los Angeles really in the national interest?
Shipping the entire Government off to drink green beer and hum along to Zombie in far-flung places on St Patrick’s Day is an expensive form of therapy
The Minister says ‘Death’ is calling and you must not answer
Given the anticipated global St Patrick’s Day ministerial airlift, concerns have sprouted on what to do in case of emergency at home
Investors are stockpiling gold. I’m stocking up on Aldi torches
That DoD leaflet soon to pop into your postbox is about preparing for extreme weather emergencies. Maybe we need to be be thinking more broadly - invasion, war, climate disaster, nuclear fall-out, AI
St Patrick’s Day trips: See which countries Ministers are visiting this year
Nine will go to the United States including the Taoiseach, who is expected to meet US President Donald Trump
Cabinet faces packed domestic agenda as world watches Trump
Inside Politics: Ministers are set to approve travel plans for St Patrick’s Day
Cabinet to approve plans for abolition of the triple lock
The ‘triple lock’ requires UN approval to send Irish troops on peacekeeping missions
Global trade developments to shape Government’s St Patrick’s Day schedule
‘We must focus on what is within our control,’ Minister says before Government Trade Forum meeting
How to maximise your annual leave in 2026 and hit the hotspots at the right time
Strategically planning your leave-taking could mean bagging yourself lots more time off for just 25 days’ leave
Guinness and Boyzone diplomacy: How Irish Embassies exercise soft power around the world
Internal study gives an insight into how Department of Foreign Affairs views Irish influence abroad
Am I Irish-ish? I’m not not Irish. Being second-generation Irish in Britain is complicated
Us second-generation Irish in Britain, raised with back-home accents and framed aerial photos of bungalows - who are we really?
A tale of two trials: how a Boston jury came to find a Dublin firefighter guilty of rape
Terence Crosbie faces a sentence up to 20 years in prison at a hearing on October 30th after his conviction on Friday
‘Go to any reasonably sized town in Japan and you’ll find an Irish pub’: The Japanese fans of Irish culture
Tokyo boasts regular Comhaltas traditional music sessions and an annual St Patrick’s Day parade, while Enya and Riverdance have strong Japanese followings
Consumer spending rose but card activity dipped on St Patrick’s Day, says Revolut
Nearly seven million transactions were made from March 15th to 17th, with bars, cafes and restaurants seeing the biggest rise, Revolut says
John Rocha loses his calm in Killiney as he objects to ‘Trojan horse’ development
Plus: Olivia O’Leary wants to save the snails; An Post chief accuses WHO of anti-Irish message; and Ryanair enters the culture wars in Germany
How official Ireland is preparing for a possible US-EU trade war
The working assumption had been that Trump would use the threat of tariffs to get people around the table, but that has changed
Rosie O’Donnell apologises to Micheál Martin for being dragged into her feud with Donald Trump
Taoiseach was questioned about actor and comedian, who now lives in Howth, during visit to the White House
The inside story of how Conor McGregor secured his meeting with Donald Trump in the Oval Office
Conor McGregor’s short encounter with US president Donald Trump amounted to little more than a photo op
At home the DUP spurns Irishness, but when abroad it embraces it
The party’s code-switching in the US recently plays to negative stereotypes of unionism as a shallow identity. But could it be a response to a deeper shift?
More Guinness diplomacy from Keir Starmer as he hosts Irish party in Number 10
Eclectic guest list included drag queen Blu Hydrangea, broadcaster Dermot O’Leary and Olympic swimming champion Daniel Wiffen
Conor McGregor represents ‘very worst of toxic masculinity’ - Tánaiste
Garda criticises MMA fighter’s remarks on crime rates in Dublin in wake of contentious St Patrick’s Day visit to White House
Two killed on roads over bank holiday weekend as more than 500 cars seized
Garda road safety campaign catches 900 motorists speeding, some at more than twice the speed limit
Conor McGregor comments on immigration in White House criticised as ‘wrong’ and ‘outrageous’
Dublin Rape Crisis Centre says reports of fighter’s meeting with US president ‘shocking’ given recent civil judgment in Nikita Hand case
New York’s solemn St Patrick’s Day traditions a reminder of the old order in a turbulent new world
Mass and marching in the morning: a hard business warning from the Tánaiste in the afternoon
St Patrick’s Day parades: Kabin Crew brings a spark to Cork while Limerick aims to become ‘more fun’
Belly dancers dazzle in Tullamore; Sharon Shannon leads the way in Galway; and Waterford marks its 1,111th anniversary
St Patrick’s Day parade in Dublin: ‘I don’t fancy being around people when they are too drunk’
Revellers from across the world pack the city centre to see 4,000 performers, floats and marching bands on parade
St Patrick’s Day 2025: Large crowds attend parades in Dublin and around the country
Updates from parades across the world from New York to Newbridge
Why is Ireland the second most expensive place in Europe? These are 10 key areas where we pay more
Several recent studies have reinforced how expensive Ireland is in global rankings. Here are 10 key areas where we pay well above average
Jen Hogan: Let’s take an extra day to think of all the reasons we’re grateful to be Irish
Once I was near dragged away from this Emerald Isle
The Irish Times view on St Patrick’s Day: celebrating a story still relevant today
Given international turbulence, the unique diplomatic opportunities offered by the national day have taken on added significance
Fewer St Patrick’s Day fairytales in New York for today’s ‘undocumented’ Irish
A new generation of emigrants never arrived to replenish the ranks who came in droves in the 1980s, but the connection is still precious
An Irish Diary on the St Patrick’s Day riots in 19th-century Toronto
Remembering the days when one-third of Toronto’s population was born in Ireland
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