How an Irish village is bringing back smartphone-free childhoods

How an Irish village is bringing back smartphone-free childhoods – CBS News Watch CBS News A village in Ireland started a community-wide initiative to bring back smartphone-free childhoods. Parents voluntarily agree to hold off on giving their children smartphones until they are in middle school. CBS News’ Leigh Kiniry has more. Source link

Irish researchers find oldest English-language poem in forgotten medieval tome

Researchers in Ireland marveled at their computer screen as they flipped through the digitized pages of a medieval book tracked down in a Roman library. Within them, they found their sought-after treasure: the oldest surviving English poem. “We were extremely surprised. We were speechless. We couldn’t believe our eyes when we first saw that,” Elisabetta … Read more

Boston St. Patrick’s Day parade is among nation’s largest Irish heritage celebrations

Thousands of spectators were expected to line the streets of South Boston on Sunday for the city’s annual St. Patrick’s Day parade, one of the largest celebrations of Irish heritage in the country BOSTON — Thousands of people were expected to line the streets of South Boston on Sunday for the city’s annual St. Patrick’s … Read more