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Ireland's Divisive Abortion Referendum (in Photos)
Irish voters will decide abortion rights for women in a predominantly Catholic country.
Viewfinder: Voting for an Abortion Referendum Begins in Ireland
Maureen Ui Fhearraigh casts her ballot paper as voting takes place a day earlier than on the mainland, on May 24th, 2018, in Gola Island, Ireland.
Can Ireland Steady Relations Between the U.S. and the E.U.?
Recent diplomatic maneuvers show that the country is ready to make securing positive relations with the E.U.-skeptical Trump administration a priority.
'Panic, Anxiety, Fear': How the Immigration Crackdown Is Hitting the Irish Community
As deportation arrests soar under the Trump administration, Irish immigrants are feeling the pressure to leave the U.S.
No, the Irish Were Not Slaves Too
Historian Liam Hogan has spent the last six years debunking the Irish slave myth.
Going Beyond the STEM Trend, Ireland Pushes Philosophy
While investor Bill Miller's recent $75 million university endowment for philosophy astonished Americans, Ireland has gone one step further: introducing the subject to high school students.
Stop Using Down Syndrome as Anti-Choice Propaganda
Right-wing activists hope that photos of kids with Down syndrome will keep Ireland from legalizing abortion.
As Brexit Nears Completion, Ireland Looks to Expand Its Global Influence
The small nation has big plans to take on a new role within Europe and soften the blow of Britain's defection from the E.U.
The Next Irish Revolution
Will Ireland become the first country to legalize same-sex marriage through a popular vote? M.V. Lee Badgett explains why the Catholic nation may create a turning point in the global LGBT rights movement.
Irish Dance and Our Invented Concepts of Race and Ethnicity
When one cultural tradition evolves, borrowing and melding with other cultural traditions, it increasingly belongs to everyone.
Ireland: Gentrification of a Nation
The term is selectively applied, depending on personal politics, and obscures much more pressing problems.
Global Dublin Killing Rural Ireland
Humans wander. But destinations are few and far between.
Ireland Is Dying: Outmigration, Age, and Educational Attainment
Why so many people—an average of 10 every hour—are fleeing the Emerald Isle.
Could Parts of the Eurozone End Up Looking Like the Mississippi Delta?
Nearly a century ago, during the Great Migration, less-educated individuals were the ones who left home in search of better lives. The opposite is true today, with the educated more mobile than ever before, leaving some places in a spiral of decline.