Ireland's Prime Minister Leo Varadkar holds a press conference in Stormont Parliament Buildings in Belfast, Northern Ireland, February 5, 2024. REUTERS Irish voters are heading to the polls on ...

Right now, the Eighth Amendment in the Irish constitution outlaws women from getting abortions—and that's why thousands are traveling hours on end to vote to repeal it. Meet the heroes going ...

Examples of psychological violence included within the report were ‘being insulted, stalked, harassed, threatened, humiliated ...

In the Western church, Jan. 6 is the Feast of the Epiphany, marking the visit of the Magi to the infant Jesus, traditionally the last of the 12 days of the Christmas festival. In many Eastern Orthodox ...

Women’s Aid, Ireland's national, feminist organisation working to prevent and address the impact of domestic violence and abuse, including coercive control, recorded the highest level of both contacts ...

The Irish custom of ‘Little Christmas’ has evolved over generations — but always esteems female kin. An antique Irish family’s Nativity scene is shown with the original figurines dating back to the ...

Four out of five pregnant women in Ireland are iron deficient by their third trimester, a University College Cork (UCC) study reveals. Researchers at the Irish Centre for Maternal and Child Health ...

As Women’s History Month draws to a close, Ireland, a nation still navigating the tensions between its traditional Catholic roots and its progressive modern identity, continues to face gender gaps in ...

Ireland's Office of Public Works (OPW) has announced a series of tours and talks recognising remarkable women and their achievements for International Women’s Day 2025 at various OPW locations. This ...

The last five weeks were particularly violent for women across Ireland with garda investigations opening at a rate of one a week. The murder of Mirjana Pap shortly before last year drew to a close put ...

Heart disease is the leading causes of death of women in Ireland but yet, many of us still consider it a male illness. Cardiovascular disease claims more women’s lives than breast cancer, while women ...