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Artist weaves a web of lace at Limerick's Merchant's Quay

AN extraordinary piece of art is weaving its way around a public space at City Hall. The installation, by renowned Polish artist NeSpoon, is inspired by Limerick’s lace heritage and was unveiled this week. The weblike artwork – made from lace and ...

29 Sept 2016 at 07:10

National News

Minister announces partnership with historical institutions of Washington

Communities Minister Gordon Lyons has announced a partnership with Washington’s historical institutions to uncover and tell stories of shared history. During a visit to the Library of Congress in the US capital, Mr Lyons outlined the project to ...

15 Mar 2025 at 11:34

Community

Pigtown Pride: Bacon industry chronicled in new Limerick publication

IF LIMERICK is famed for one thing, it’s for bringing home the bacon. And plenty of never seen before photographs in a new book, titled Pigtown – A History of Limerick’s Bacon Industry, show in detail one of the city’s biggest trades from ...

10 Feb 2017 at 07:05

Northern Ireland

Tony Blair warned NI peace talks would ‘lose all credibility’ without progress

Tony Blair warned Bertie Ahern in July 1997 that the peace talks may “lose all credibility” if they did not move forward, archive files have revealed. A meeting between the two leaders and senior Irish and British civil servants show ...

30 Dec 2022 at 00:01

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River lives: Stories from the Shannon documented in new Limerick oral archive

FIRST-HAND accounts of life on the River Shannon as told by Limerick’s fishermen are to be heard for the first time in a new online oral history archive. Almost forty interviews have been recorded with fishermen and women, reed ...

15 May 2018 at 14:00

Local News

#SLIDESHOW: Past brought to new life through digitisation of Limerick Archives

Jacqui Hayes has the past at her finger tips. With the deftest of touches on her iPad, the archivist is able to pull up files from the 1880s on screen. It appears effortless, but staff in the archive department at Limerick ...

02 Sept 2017 at 14:00

National News

Moon rock donated to Ireland by Apollo astronauts was destroyed by fire

A priceless piece of Moon rock donated to Ireland following a Nasa mission was destroyed in a fire, newly released records show. Documents from the National Archives in Dublin detail the embarrassing affair, which saw the ...

30 Dec 2024 at 00:01

National News

President Mary McAleese pledged to help spread Ulster Scots message in Ireland

Former Irish president Mary McAleese pledged to do whatever she could to secure more recognition of Ulster Scots culture in the Republic of Ireland, archives show. The commitment from Mrs McAleese was made to members of ...

28 Dec 2023 at 09:00

National News

Trimble told by Blair to ‘get lost’ over timing of border poll, records show

Former UUP leader David Trimble was effectively told by Tony Blair to “get lost” over the timing of a border poll, according to previously confidential reports. Under the terms of the Good Friday Agreement of 1998, the ...

29 Dec 2024 at 00:01

National News

Bureaucratic delays tied up return of ‘Liberator’ painting

It took more than two years for Ireland to accept the gift of a painting of Daniel O’Connell from a bank, after concerns that the Irish parliament was only receiving a copy of the original portrait. O’Connell, known ...

28 Dec 2024 at 00:01

National News

Anonymous US backer matching donations to Irish Traditional Music Archive

The largest collection of Irish traditional music in the world is in a fundraising drive for the end of the year as an anonymous US backer has pledged to match 2024 donations. The Irish Traditional Music Archive ...

23 Dec 2024 at 14:28

National News

President leads tributes to The Chieftains fiddler Sean Keane

President Michael D Higgins has led tributes to famous traditional Irish fiddle player Sean Keane following his death at the age of 76. The Irish Traditional Music Archive said Mr Keane was a “pivotal member of ...

08 May 2023 at 17:08

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