Mary Ward

On a tour of Ireland, one might easily ask: where are the women? There are statues to a few (we counted just five), a smattering of commemorative plaq(...)

It wasn’t just us humans that enjoyed the long, hot summer of 2018, it was good for the bee population too. So good that the first three hives introdu(...)

One of the youngest soldiers to fight in the first World War was an apprentice blacksmith from Leeds named Horace Iles. He was only 14 when the confli(...)

It has been quite a year for Ireland’s Loreto sisters with three of them winning humanitarian awards on three continents. Last Saturday, Sr Orla Trea(...)

If you want to try a slightly different tourist attraction on your holidays, why not explore one of the following museums dedicated to the history of (...)

Just about anything you were ever curious about or want to know more about will be covered by Science Week 2016 which kicks off on Sunday. Everything (...)

The winners of Ireland’s longest-running food and hospitality awards were announced on Thursday, as the very best in Irish hospitality gathered at Bor(...)

Although the first automobile fatality in the world occurred in Ireland in 1869, traffic medicine is a relatively new specialism in this country. Mary(...)

Friday sees the return of Culture Night, the annual event where arts and cultural institutions around the country open their doors for a night of f(...)

Country Choice opened its doors in Nenagh in 1982, when Peter and Mary Ward were younger than their daughters are now. In 2010 the Wards jumped at (...)