How did the marriage bar affect Irish women? The impact of Ireland's marriage bar on the affected women's professional lives and careers is still felt to this day Work and careers • 29 Nov
How December 8th marked the start of Christmas in Ireland From the Christmas box to An Margadh Mór, do you know all of these Irish Christmas traditions? History • 27 Nov
How the far right are misrepresenting Irish history The use of the term 'plantation' by far right groups in Ireland is a localised effort to peddle misinformation and racism Ireland • 24 Nov
Meet the Leitrim woman who founded the Irish record industry Ellen O'Byrne's New York business played a key role in recording and distributing Irish music over a century ago History • 24 Nov
How did Scottish soldiers end up playing music at JFK's funeral? The Black Watch regiment band's presence at the funeral owed much to an earlier performance in November 1963 at the White House JFK • 23 Nov
What Bugsy Malone gang shows us about youth crime in 1970s Dublin The term was used to describe a gang of youths who were associated with various crimes in Dublin's inner city in 1976 Crime • 22 Nov
The story of the secret theatre buried under Dublin's Busáras The Eblana theatre ensured the capital city's main bus station was also a busy cultural and social space for many decades History • 22 Nov
A historian debunks the myths in Ridley Scott's Napoleon film Did Napoleon really fire at the pyramids? Was he present at Marie Antoinette's execution? And what was the story with Josephine? Napoleon • 21 Nov
What Ireland ate and drank during the Second World War From the "black loaf" to a shortage of tea, the Emergency's hardships forced Ireland to try out many alternative foodstuffs History • 20 Nov
The story of WB Yeats' Nobel Prize win 100 years ago today Then and now, the poet was identified with Ireland in a way contemporaries like Oscar Wilde and George Bernard Shaw never were Literature • 14 Nov
Who was Kathleen Lynn? The diaries of a radical Irish woman Her diaries tell the story of an innovative and revolutionary activist devoted to the cause of women, workers and Ireland History • 13 Nov
Shouting lager, lager, lager: the true origins of a pint of lager It's a tale of power, economics, science and innovation – with some sex thrown in for good measure Beer • 09 Nov
Wreckers and levellers: evicting Ireland's poor during the Famine These reviled figures were involved in the evictions of some 250,000 Irish families during the 1840s and 1850s History • 10 Nov
How a public kiss in 1930s Ireland caused a global sensation A woman was effectively banished from the country for the crime of kissing of a boy in public in Co Louth in 1937 History • 09 Nov
Under Clery's clock: the history and legacy of the Dublin store One of the mainstays of city life for over 170 years, the store's iconic clock provided a meeting place for generations of Dubliners History • 08 Nov
When Ireland said no to nuclear power in Co Wexford The Carnsore Point festivals in the 1970s helped put a stop to the ESB's plans for a nuclear power plant History • 09 Nov
The woman who said no to Spanish dictator Franco The story of Concha Piquer, the Spanish singer known for her singular attitude and strength of will Spain • 01 Nov
How we told a new story about Ireland's last ever witch trial The Islandmagee witches exhibition is about finding new ways to understand and commemorate Irish witch trials History • 31 Oct
The Halloween conundrum: is it a barm brack or a barn brack? A fierce debate broke out in 1927 between Barners and Barmers on on the proper name of the cake associated with Halloween celebrations Halloween • 27 Oct
How Germany's support of Israel exposes limits of memorialisation There's a tendency to hold up the German process of dealing with its past as a gold standard to emulate Germany • 26 Oct
Forget Caesar! Why we need to listen to Cicero Don't make the same mistake as the Romans, listen to Cicero to save us from populism and authoritarianism Philosophy • 24 Oct
'Great was the darkness': Spooky stories from medieval Ireland These ghost stories remind us we're not so different from our medieval ancestors: we love a good scare Halloween • 24 Oct
How Limerick's new 'healing' prison points to progressive reform The new women's wing is not Ireland's first experiment in progressive incarceration Ireland • 20 Oct
What role can online community radio play in Ireland? Transformations in the technologies we use to listen to radio are breathing new life into a medium which has existed for well over a century Media • 19 Oct
Meet the Donegal-born original All Blacks rugby captain When the New Zealand rugby team went on tour in 1905 they were captained by Dave Gallaher from Ramelton, Co Donegal Rugby • 13 Oct
