Have you ever wondered about the life of St. Brigid, one of Ireland’s most revered female saints? In a recent episode of The Women’s Podcast, author Kim Curran delves into the extraordinary life of St ...

February 1st marks St Brigid's Day in Ireland, officially recognized as a bank holiday since 2023. This day celebrates both ...

Unlike bears, groundhogs are true hibernators. During hibernation, they don’t eat and rely on the fat stores they have built ...

Each Groundhog Day, Punxsutawney Phil makes his prediction about a late end to winter weather or early start to spring ...

Scholars have long debated the evidence of Bridget’s existence, or whether she represents an interpretation of a myth, or a cult absorbed into the Christian faith. As one of her chroniclers, Noel ...

Punxsutawney Phil soon will make the weather forecast for Groundhog Day 2026. But how often is Phil's weather prediction right? See how accurate he is.

Events are taking place around the country on the fourth bank holiday weekend in honour of one of Ireland's patron saints, St Brigid.

After a winter storm for the record books, the nation will once again turn its eyes to Punxsutawney Phil for the weather.

St Brigid was the feminist, peacemaker and environmentalist who went on to become the female patron saint of Ireland ...

After a fairly lousy opening to the new year, the bank holiday weekend comes as a welcome relief. January was a pretty heavy month. The usual post-Christmas gloom of dark, dreary and cold weather was ...

Archbishop Eamon Martin (pictured holding his staff and Saint Brigid's Cross) celebrated Mass today at Saint Brigid's Shrine in Faughart, Co Louth, the birthplace of Ireland's matron saint. In 1934, ...

And he came in the Spirit into the Temple, and when the parents brought in the child Jesus, to do for him according to the custom of the Law, he took him up in his arms and blessed God and said, Today ...