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Young people dance in The Matchmaker Bar during the Lisdoonvarna Matchmaking Festival in Lisdoonvarna, Ireland, on Sept. 27. The annual event, known as Europe’s biggest matchmaking festival, draws thousands seeking love, music and dancing. Rob Stothard for NPR hide caption toggle caption Rob Stothard for NPR LISDOONVARNA, Ireland — Years ago, while traveling with my family along Ireland’s west coast, …

Niamh McCormack plays Ellen Cochrane in House of Guinness. Ben Blackall/Netflix hide caption toggle caption Ben Blackall/Netflix Steven Knight, creator of the intense British period dramas Peaky Blinders and A Thousand Blows, is back with a new, eight-part Netflix series. House of Guinness tells the story of the battle for control of the venerable Irish brewing company in the 1860s. …

A London court on Friday threw out a terror-related charge against a member of the controversial Irish-language hip-hop band Kneecap, basing its decision on a technical error in the way the charge was brought forward. Liam Óg Ó hAnnaidh, who is also referred to by his anglicized name Liam O’Hanna and performs under the name Mo Chara, had been charged …

AP  —  A London court on Friday threw out a terror-related charge against a member of the controversial Irish-language hip-hop group Kneecap, basing its decision on a technical error in the way the charge was brought forward. Rapper Mo Chara, whose real name is Liam Óg Ó hAnnaidh, had been charged with a single count for waving a flag of …

Rihanna is now a proud mother of three. The musician announced on social media that she gave birth to a baby girl named Rocki Irish Mayers on Saturday, September 13. She had revealed her pregnancy in May on the carpet for the 2025 Met Gala. Rihanna and her partner, A$AP Rocky, welcomed their first child, RZA Athelston Mayers, in 2022, …

Congratulations are in order for Rihanna and her partner, A$AP Rocky. The “What’s My Name?” singer took to social media on Wednesday to share that she has welcomed her third child, a girl named Rocki Irish Mayers. Photos posted by Rihanna, whose full name is Robyn Rihanna Fenty, holding her little one, who is wrapped in a pink blanket. The …

The baby girl was born earlier this month, Rihanna revealed in a short Instagram post Rihanna and A$AP Rocky have welcomed their third child, Rocki Irish Mayers. In an Instagram post Wednesday, Sept. 24, the pop star confirmed that she gave birth earlier this month, on Sept. 13. Rihanna shared a photo of herself with the baby girl, as well …

Minuscule pieces of waste plastic, thousands of times smaller than a human hair, can damage our brains and may be contributing to the increasing global levels of Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s disease. That’s according to a new Trinity College Dublin (TCD) study, led by Associate Professor of Biochemistry Gavin Davey, conceived of by student Devin Seward and published in the Journal …

An Irish grandmother who has lived in the US for most of her life and holds a green card is facing deportation because she wrote a bad cheque for $25 in 2015. Donna Hughes-Brown, 58, was detained in July after landing in Chicago on a flight from Dublin and is being held in isolation in a detention centre in Kentucky. …

Rory McIlroy made a 30-foot eagle putt on his final hole of regulation to force a playoff and then beat Joakim Lagergren on the third extra hole — all with the support of a highly partisan crowd at the Amgen Irish Open. Lagergren (66) eagled the par-5 16th and birdied the par-5 18th at The K Club to enter the …