Al Capone, the most famous/infamous mobster in history, revelled in the newspapers’ coverage of him, particularly the British ...

One of the oldest alcoholic spirits in the world, poitín dates back to the sixth century, when Irish monks started distilling it from malted barley, with apples and later sugar beets and potatoes ...

Melleray was founded in 1832 by a group of 64 Irish Cistercian monks, who were forced to leave their monastery at Melleray in Brittany when the French revolution of 1830 led to the introduction of ...

The “Annals of the Four Masters’, compiled by Irish monks in the 17th century, tells of a wondrous happening in the year 558: “In this year was taken the mermaid, Líban…in the net of ...

There are two national dailies in the Faroe Islands. The main national radio and TV services are publicly-funded. There were ...

Over seven miles off the Irish coast, lie the sea crags of Skellig Michael, a breathtaking island once home to a community of reclusive monks. More recently, a different kind of hermit used it as ...

AKA The Monk" is a major new two-part documentary series from RTÉ’s award-winning documentary team which has been almost a year in the making.

A new two-part RTE documentary is set to focus on the life of Gerry ‘The Monk’ Hutch. The series, which has been almost a ...

Gerry ‘The Monk’ Hutch is the focus of a new two-part RTÉ documentary series that has been almost a year in the making.