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The melodic Irish brogue is the soundtrack to Geraldine O'Sullivan Beere's visit to Avoca County, Ireland.

An Irish property developer who was allegedly kidnapped for eight months has been released from police custody.

Questions have been raised about the circumstances of Irish tycoon Kevin McGeever's kidnapping.

Alec Baldwin and his 28-year-old yoga instructor wife Hilaria Thomas have confirmed they are expecting their first child together.

Food watchdogs in Britain have launched an urgent inquiry into beef produce after a number of products were found to contain horse meat.

While it may be true that the Irish like their Guinness, it's even truer they like their whiskey as well.

An Irish science adviser tells Chris Barton why research is still key to growth.

The new season of Downton Abbey sees the Grantham sisters moving with the times.

Jill Worrall is schooled in the etiquette of Guinness drinking as she absorbs the unparallelled atmosphere of Ireland's pubs.

Dingle Peninsula, because of its isolation and less intensive forms of modern farming, has one of the richest concentrations of archaeological sites in Ireland.

This windswept peninsula on Ireland's west coast has one of the richest concentrations of archaeological sites in the country.

Jill Worrall takes in the dramatic scenery of Inishmore during a wild-weather cycling trip.

The largest of the Aran Islands, situated off the west coast of mainland County Galway, is home to one of the most spectacularly-situated and beautifully-preserved Stone Age forts in the world.

Jill Worrall heads across choppy waters to visit a former monastic site on a rocky Irish outcrop.

These two rocky outcrops off the coast of County Kerry support large gannet and puffin colonies. The larger of the two islands, Great Skellig, was also once home to a remote Christian monastery and is now a Unesco World Heritage Site.

Roje Adaimy visits a grand location that has played host to royalty and rock stars.

As Ireland prepare to face the All Blacks at Eden Park today, Dean Parker recalls how the New Zealand battle cry influenced one of their greatest writers