Kathleen Ryder, 80, and her husband, William "Liam" Ryder, 84, were left with severe injuries after they were hit by an SUV ...

Barry Daly, a 44-year-old from Cork, was found dead outside a house at Rockview Terrace, Doneraile, Mallow, at around 3am on ...

“If you die Wednesday, the funeral will be on a Friday,” he said. “For Irish people, when you die, you go home, stay home for the wake, and then you’re brought to the church.” Father Gorman explained ...

Ali Dunworth explores the culture, customs and craic surrounding pints in Ireland in her new book "A Compendium of Irish Pints". In this extract, she explores the complex relationship between the ...

Kathleen Ryder, 80, and her 84-year-old husband William “Liam” Ryder, from Cabinteely, Co Dublin, were left with severe ...

Background: In business for over 50 years, this family business has witnessed many changes in how funerals are managed. Operating at its branches in Tralee and Listowel, Gleasure Funeral Homes has ...

A Catholic priest in Northern Ireland has called last week’s funeral Mass for Irish musician Shane MacGowan a scandal. “This is an abuse of the liturgy. It’s sacrilegious. A requiem Mass is not for ...

“Culturally in this country there’s a short time between the death and the cremation or burial,” and there is a particular ...

President of Ireland Michael D. Higgins, Taoiseach Micheál Martin, and Tánaiste Simon Harris are all set to attend the funeral for Pope Francis this Saturday, April 26. Ireland's Department of Foreign ...

It was a grave situation. A serious dustup in an Irish cemetery has so far resulted in the arrest of seven men and one woman from a pair of families in Galway that had been at odds, according to the ...

A Catholic priest in Northern Ireland has called last week’s funeral Mass for Irish musician Shane MacGowan a scandal. “It was an abuse of what the Mass is and what the Catholic funeral liturgy is all ...