The book comprised a series of essays on Ireland’s population and demographic crisis ... and TDs drew from the well of Irish emigration history; Fianna Fáil TD John O’Donoghue suggested ...

Journalist John Healy’s “Death of an Irish Town” was one of the most important series of articles ever published in this newspaper. Healy’s brutal dissection of his hometown of Charlestown ...

Ireland’s history of mass emigration left it with a strange legacy: It is the only developed country I know of whose population is still much lower than it was in 1840. But the past decade has ...

The Irish government has a plan to boost the population of more than ... due to their rugged landscapes and history. About 30 islands off the coast of Ireland have permanent year-round residents ...