TWO IN FIVE couples who got married last year opted for a Catholic ceremony, figures from the Central Statistics Office show. There were 23,173 marriages in 2022 compared with 17,217 in 2021, an increase of 35%. This increase is reflective of the lifting of Covid-19 pandemic restrictions and the resulting impact on marriage numbers in […]

Professional Genealogist Eileen M. ÓDúill gives excellent expert advise on how to trace your Irish roots. From post-Famine Ireland to the 1922 fire at the Four Courts, here in this article  you will find everything you need to know about locating the Irish records for your ancestors online. An often-quoted myth about Irish civil records […]

The rankings for the world’s most powerful passport have been revealed and Ireland’s is officially ranked as the tied-sixth best passport to have. An Irish passport will entitle a traveler to access 187 different countries or territories without having to have a visa. This is on par with France, Portugal and the UK, according to […]

We have heard of hen parties, stag parties, and even communion and confirmation dos are all the rage but when Catherine Kiveney introduced a new section to her business, catering for those getting a divorce, people had to look twice. Running Divorce Party dot ie since 2011 Catherine and her team have worked on putting […]

The Adoption Authority of Ireland and the child and family agency Tusla have confirmed that thousands of adopted people who requested their records under the new Birth Information and Tracing Bill did not receive them by yesterday’s statutory deadline. The agencies say that out of more than 6,000 requests, just 65 have been concluded, in […]

A man who falsely registered himself as the father of six babies to facilitate their mothers in securing Irish passports for their children has been jailed for three years. Alan Yip (47) of Parnell Street, Dublin city, is a British citizen and therefore because he was from the European Union at that time, each of […]

The Birth Information and Tracing Act, 2022 ensures, for the first time, that ‘a relevant person’ (adopted person, person who was, or suspects they were, boarded out, nursed out or resident in a Mother and Baby Home or County Home, and persons whose birth was illegally registered, or they suspect their birth was illegally registered) can now […]

IRISH Rail driver Patrick Murray and his new wife Megan DARTED down the aisle after taking a train to and from their wedding today. The loved-up pair stunned Thursday commuters when instead of sitting in Dublin city centre traffic, they hopped all-aboard the DART to and from their wedding ceremony. DART driver Patrick wasn’t behind the […]

‘Can you honestly see nothing wrong with the way women of my age are treated?’ Mary Walsh asked this question of An Taoiseach Micheál Martin about The Marriage Bar which prevented married women from working Until 1973, Irish women were forced to resign from work due to The Marriage Bar, and many women are reminded […]