The Pogues singer, who died Thursday, took traditional Irish music in a new direction. Most people in Ireland loved him for it.

The government in Dublin has a big budget surplus, thanks to its low tax rate for multinationals. Build more housing? Or a subway? Sock it...

In the coastal town of Bray, south of Dublin, the site of Ms. O’Connor’s last Irish home, mourners prepared to pay their last respects to...