Ali Dunworth explores the culture, customs and craic surrounding pints in Ireland in her new book "A Compendium of Irish Pints". In this extract, she explores the complex relationship between the ...

Reverence for the dead and the rituals surrounding funerals are an intrinsic part of Irish culture, and leading the way in Westchester County, New York is Corkman Clive Anderson. Now in his mid-30s, ...

The Trump administration reportedly paid an Irish funeral home almost $1 million to rent four limousines during the President’s two-day trip to Ireland this week. The $935,033 total was paid in four ...

Aside from publishing death notices and condolences, RIP.ie is also a rich source of significant personal, cultural and ...

Background: In business for over 50 years, this family business has witnessed many changes in how funerals are managed. Operating at its branches in Tralee and Listowel, Gleasure Funeral Homes has ...

Those attending the recent Leinster funeral of Irish Defence Force veteran Shay Bradley were in for a surprise. As his coffin was being lowered to the ground, mourners could suddenly hear Bradley’s ...

DUBLIN (RNS) After 32 years as an interior designer, Patricia Wojnar went back to school for a master's degree in bereavement studies, a hot commodity in Ireland's "post-Catholic'' economy that ...

Eight people reportedly have been arrested in Ireland following a violent cemetery brawl that erupted between two families who had been attending separate funerals. The incident at Tuam cemetery in ...

It was a grave situation. A serious dustup in an Irish cemetery has so far resulted in the arrest of seven men and one woman from a pair of families in Galway that had been at odds, according to the ...