Why is Northern Ireland known as Ulster? Is it the direct Irish translation of the country's name?

Ireland is traditionally divided into four provinces, Ulster, Munster, Leinster and Connacht/Connaught: the "-ster" suffix coming from the Irish word "Stair" meaning province. When the country was ...
The Anglo-Celt

Congestion and property costs rising

A new initiative called the “NWRA County Data Dashboards” now provides up-to-date data on the eight counties of the Northern and Western Region of Ireland. By this, the Northern and Western Regional ...