The Scottish Government has been given the same credit rating as the UK, as it plans to issue its first financial bonds. Moody’s rated the Scottish Government as Aa3 while S&P Global rated it as AA, ...

There should be more dancing at funerals. The thought struck me last month at Manchán Magan’s funeral in the church at Gonzaga College in Dublin, that while we do wonderful send-offs for people, Irish ...

Scotland’s Finance Secretary says she may have to “potentially revisit” her tax plans amid reports the Chancellor will increase income tax in the Budget this month. Shona Robison said the Scottish ...

Waterstones has named three debuts as its Irish, Scottish and Welsh books of the year 2025: respectively, Wendy Erskine’s The Benefactors, Tom Newlands’ Only Here, Only Now and Anthony Shapland’s A ...

“We used to walk a total of 14 miles to the dancehall and back, in a group of girls.” “I met a girl at a dance in Limerick, and she missed the bus home so I had to walk her home to Shanagolden and ...

The swirl of Scotland the Brave - and a couple of bagpiped Christmas tunes - greeted shoppers on a crisp Saturday morning in ...

A SCOTLAND-daft supermarket worker has immortalised Scott McTominay’s stunning overhead kick in ink with a tattooed tribute. The dad-of-two, from Methil, Fife, said: “Believe it or not, I was talking ...

Some Irish soccer fans have already gone "under the needle" to tattoo the name of hat-trick hero Troy Parrott on their bodies. Ireland fans Patrick Keville and his son Finn Keville from Dublin 6 at ...

There are few garments as stubbornly enduring—and quietly expressive—as fisherman sweaters. Originally built for men whose daily commute involved the North Atlantic, the sweater style has been ...