Inside Ireland’s Sauna Culture Revival

Skip the pub crawl and instead embrace Ireland’s newest, oldest ritual: a sauna and a sea swim along its rugged west coast.

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Ireland’s Last Leprechaun Whisperer Pitches TV Show

Kevin Woods, who says he engages in weekly conversations with 18-inch-tall creatures, has built a tidy business with books, merchandise, guided tours and maybe soon, an animated series.

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Trump’s Tariffs Set to Hit Ireland, Where Drugmakers Play Tax Games

Manufacturing in Ireland has long helped many American drug companies pay lower taxes. But that strategy was designed for a world without President Trump’s tariffs.

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The Edge, U2’s Guitarist, Becomes Irish Citizen After 62 Years There

The musician born David Evans was one of more than 7,500 people who became citizens in a series of ceremonies in southwest Ireland this week.

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Paul Durcan, Irish Poet of Tortured and Tender Souls, Dies at 80

He survived electroshock treatments and the threat of lobotomy to become one of Ireland’s most popular poets. The Irish Times called him a “literary phenomenon.”

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After More Than a Century in Skorts and Skirts, Ireland’s Camogie Allows Shorts

A committee vote on Thursday approved a measure that would allow players in the women’s sport to choose between shorts or skorts during official play.

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Christy Moore, Ireland’s Folk Music Legend, Is Still Writing History

Even though he just turned 80 and doesn’t leave the country, Moore finds himself at a surprising career peak, performing for generations of fans with an intense connection to his music.

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Whiskey Fraud Strikes Britain and Ireland

Small investors in Britain and Ireland have fallen prey to companies selling casks that turn out to be untraceable or nonexistent.

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A New, Full-Bodied Fraud Comes in a Whisky Barrel

Small investors in Britain and Ireland have fallen prey to companies selling casks that turn out to be untraceable or nonexistent.

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Jennifer Johnston, Irish Novelist Who Probed Country’s Fault Lines, Dies at 95

She explored tensions among the social classes and within families in fiction that prompted Roddy Doyle to call her “Ireland’s greatest writer.”

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