Francis signaled a very different tone for the papacy, stressing humility over hubris for a Catholic Church beset by scandal ...

Political and religious leaders in Ireland have paid tribute to Pope Francis as an “exceptional” leader whose papacy was “a gift to the world”. The leader of the Catholic Church died aged 88, after ...

Taoiseach (Irish prime minister) Micháel Martin said the passing of Pope Francis comes with "a profound sadness". Archbishop ...

Pope Francis has died, history’s first Latin American pontiff who charmed the world with his humble style and concern for the ...

The campaign to destroy Northern Ireland’s place in the United Kingdom is so loud and incessant it can be easy to forget that ...

The Proclamation of the Republic can still inspire the nation with its “generous social and political vision”, President ...

Republicans attending a 1916 Societies commemoration in Co Derry have been told the Good Friday Agreement has “failed to ...

In comments ahead of what will be his last commemoration, Mr Higgins said that Irish people could still take inspiration from ...

President Michael D Higgins has led the commemoration ceremony at the GPO in Dublin to mark the anniversary of the 1916 ...

Tánaiste and Minister for Defence Simon Harris said that his officials are currently assessing countries that have expressed ...

Mr Higgins on Sunday led a commemoration ceremony at the General Post Office (GPO) in Dublin to mark the anniversary of the ...