Ireland - Page 25

March 5, 2020

Ireland records first-ever venomous snakebite

Legend says that St. Patrick drove all of the snakes out of Ireland and into the sea using the power of his faith.

February 28, 2020

Dublin crowd erupts as Premier League dart player throws first perfect 9-dart leg in 3 years

The crowd erupted at a darts competition in Dublin, Ireland, Thursday when Michael Smith became the first Premier League player in three years to throw a nine-dart leg.

February 25, 2020

5-hour prison hostage standoff in Ireland ends after candy bar exchange

Irish authorities were able to resolve an inmate hostage standoff at a prison with a chocolate candy bar.

February 20, 2020

Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar resigns after party suffers defeat in parliamentary vote

After Ireland’s parliament convened Thursday with no easy route to forming a stable government after an election two weeks ago that left three parties on roughly level pegging, the country’s prime minister has resigned, according to reports.

February 11, 2020

After Brexit, Sinn Fein, party formerly linked to IRA, breaks records in Irish general election

Following the Irish general election last weekend, the party Sinn Fein, which has faced backlash for its historic links to the Irish Republican Army and decades of violence in Northern Ireland, is celebrating its best-ever electoral vote.

February 6, 2020

Northern Ireland militants planted Brexit bomb, investigators say

Authorities in Northern Ireland Thursday said militants with the Irish Republican Army planted a bomb on a truck that was intended to explode around the time Britain left the European Union on Friday.

January 17, 2020

Irish teen dismembered in apparent gang revenge hit, police find 'partial human remains' in duffel bag, car fire: report

The sadistic killing of an Irish teen, whose dismembered remains were discovered Monday in a duffel bag by children, may have been the result of an ongoing dispute between two rival gangs, reports say.

January 16, 2020

Want to live on remote Irish island without electricity or hot showers? Get in line

Have you ever wanted to live off the grid on a picturesque island full of Irish heritage? Would you like to be one of the only people living on the island? Are you okay with foregoing electricity and hot showers and wifi?

January 14, 2020

Dublin police find 'human limbs' in plastic bag

Irish police are investigating a plastic bag of human remains that was discovered Monday night, according to media reports. 

January 9, 2020

2 men in Ireland charged with hijacking minibus carrying 3 passengers, reports say

Two men in Ireland were charged Thursday in connection with the hijacking of a minibus carrying three passengers at Dublin Airport that crossed into the northern border and gave way to a police chase, according to reports.