Dublin

people at a concert

Dublin or Lower Broadway? Thousands of Garth Brooks fans celebrate his first Irish show in 25 years, cowboy hats and all.

For five nights, over two weekends, Garth Brooks is playing in Ireland’s largest stadium, and for the first time in 25 years. And the 400,000 or so fans who snagged tickets seem determined to make the most of it.

Dublin or Lower Broadway? Thousands of Garth Brooks fans celebrate his first Irish show in 25 years, cowboy hats and all.
travelers tagging bags

'The summer of stress': Amid airline staffing shortages, lost luggage rates have soared

'The summer of stress': Amid airline staffing shortages, lost luggage rates have soared
Palestinian protesters fly Palestinian flags and flags of the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine, DFLP, during clashes with Israeli soldiers at the entrance the Jewish settlement of Beit El, background near the West Bank city of Ramallah.

The politics of Ireland’s enduring support for Palestinians

The politics of Ireland’s enduring support for Palestinians
Violet Gibson made international headlines when she shot Italian dictator Benito Mussolini, on April 7, 1926, but she has long been forgotten.

The woman who shot Benito Mussolini was forgotten for decades. Ireland wants to change that.

The woman who shot Benito Mussolini was forgotten for decades. Ireland wants to change that.
View of the mass grave at the Bon Secours mother-and-baby Home, Tuam County Galway Republic of Ireland.

The Irish govt and Catholic Church apologized for abusive mother-and-baby homes. Survivors say it’s not enough.  

The Irish govt and Catholic Church apologized for abusive mother-and-baby homes. Survivors say it’s not enough.  
a woman and a man stand in front of a closed pub.

With St. Patrick’s Day under lockdown, this fiddler is planning a virtual concert

There should have been corned beef, bagpipe music and parades, but instead, pubs and restaurants are closed down as countries deal with the COVID-19 pandemic. Canadian fiddler Ashley MacIsaac is trying to make St. Patrick's Day special for those stuck at home.

With St. Patrick’s Day under lockdown, this fiddler is planning a virtual concert
Silhouettes of laptop users

Facebook content moderators sue over psychological trauma

The lawsuit, which was filed last week, is bringing new scrutiny to the content moderation ecosystem that Facebook and other platforms rely on to police the posts on their platforms.

Facebook content moderators sue over psychological trauma
Activists dressed up as characters from "The Handmaid's Tale" are shown back lit from a low perspective.

The red cloak of 'The Handmaid's Tale' is becoming a symbol for reproductive rights

Author Margaret Atwood says “everyone seeing these groups of women know what they mean.”

The red cloak of 'The Handmaid's Tale' is becoming a symbol for reproductive rights
secondary school Colaiste Raithin

Ireland is asking what role the Catholic Church should play in public education

Ireland is not as Catholic as it used to be. One area where the Church still has a great deal of influence, though, is in the public schools. But some Irish parents want to re-examine the role of religion in educations.

Ireland is asking what role the Catholic Church should play in public education
Messages are left at a memorial in Dublin to Savita Halappanava, who died from an infection after miscarrying her first child at an Irish hospital in 2012, one day after Irish voters took part in a national referendum to liberalize abortion laws on May 25

Ireland votes to repeal abortion restrictions, but there’s still a lot to talk about

Right up until the day of the referendum, pretty much everyone thought Ireland’s vote on abortion this past Friday was going to be close. It wasn’t. Two-thirds of voters said "yes" to repealing the country’s constitutional ban on abortion.

Ireland votes to repeal abortion restrictions, but there’s still a lot to talk about
Participants in the "Rally for Life" demonstration marched through Dublin, Ireland on March 10, 2018. They called for voters to say 'No' in a national referendum set for May 25, asking if Ireland should repeal the constitutional amendment banning abortion

This Irish podcaster dives into the abortion debate

Ireland votes on abortion this week. Ciara O’Connor Walsh, who's a supporter of abortion rights, knows where she stands on the issue. But she wondered, what do folks on the other side have to say? She's produced a podcast series called, The Eighth.

This Irish podcaster dives into the abortion debate
Demonstrators taking part in an anti-abortion rally in Dublin, Ireland on March 10, 2018. An estimated 100,000 people were there to "Save the 8th", the constitutional amendment that bans abortion.

Ireland's strict ban on abortion could soon be a thing of the past

The right to life of the unborn is protected by Ireland's constitution. The Eighth Amendment was passed by national referendum in 1983. In May, Irish voters will take part in another referendum. This time, they're being asked whether they want to repeal the abortion ban.

Ireland's strict ban on abortion could soon be a thing of the past
Activity using Strava's tracking technologies such as the one above has helped the company produce a heat map of the world using one billion total activities.

Recent discovery on Strava heat map points out the ease of leaking data through social media platforms

If you think that geotagging a photo on Instagram or Facebook is a rather innocuous activity, you may want to think again

Recent discovery on Strava heat map points out the ease of leaking data through social media platforms
Irish Taoiseach Leo Varadkar (left) walks with Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau (right) during the Montreal Pride parade in Montreal, Aug. 20, 2017.

Ireland's youngest prime minister is under tough criticism

Some on the left had hoped the new taoiseach, as a gay man and son of an immigrant, would usher in a progressive agenda for his center-right party, Fine Gael. But Varadkar has held fast to his conservative politics, and that’s proving to be a lesson for the left.

Ireland's youngest prime minister is under tough criticism
Julie Morrissy

These activists are putting a face to a taboo word in Ireland: abortion

Irish voters approved a constitutional ban on abortion in 1983. Thousands of Irish women have traveled abroad for the procedure since then — and there's a new movement to get them to tell their stories.

These activists are putting a face to a taboo word in Ireland: abortion