One in four Irish people have had a close family member emigrate in the past four years, according to the latest survey. Some 308,000 people left Ireland in the four years leading up to April 2012 ...

It took several O’Toole family members more than 25 years to discover the exact date and place their ancestors began their journey: May 17, 1848, from the port of New Ross, Ireland, said Peter O ...

A total of 42 members of the Oireachtas have installed family members in secretarial and parliamentary assistant jobs, according to new figures obtained under the Freedom of Information (FOI) Act.

Ireland’s family reunification legislation is “not fit for purpose”, the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission (IHREC) has said, calling on the State to “urgently address the two-tier ...