In their ambiguity, the tales have a taste of Irish folklore or even Native American stories. “There’s a grittiness, a crunchiness,” Rice says. She adds that the stories can be both ...

Kenny Jacobs and Transport and Environment Minister Darragh O’Brien speak about lifting the passenger cap at the official opening of Dublin Airport’s solar farm. Join the Irish Independent ...

What better way to explore Ireland than journeying through the sites associated with Irish myths and legends? Ireland is a land rich with mystery and myth, intriguing sites, and Irish stories ...

Time 3m. 57.60 secs, which is 1.87 secs faster than the course average on today's going ...

Just seven per cent of the public would vote for Conor McGregor for president, as Mairead McGuinness soars ahead in a poll carried out by the Irish Independent. Former EU commissioner Mairead ...

In one of Titanic's most memorable scenes, the fatalities among the third-class Irish immigrants in steerage were heartbreakingly told with an Irish mother telling her children a famous tale from ...

However, a number of airlines including Ryanair and Aer Lingus have challenged limits set by the Irish Aviation Authority (IAA), which was allocating take-off and landing slots to planes in a bid to ...

State regulator, the Irish Aviation Authority (IAA) had indicated that it would take the passenger cap, which is a planning condition, into account when allocating take-off and landing slots to ...

A Dublin local authority has pushed back on Dublin Airport’s attempt to increase its passenger cap to 36m people, saying it requires further information, a decision likely to significantly delay ...

The decision means the IAA cannot take the passenger cap into account when allocating slots to airlines for this winter season and subsequently until the final court decision. This extends the stay ...

Aer Lingus, Ryanair and a consortium of American carriers, Airlines for America, had sought a pause on the cap imposed by the Irish Aviation Authority limiting passenger numbers to 25.2m between ...