You can check out at any time. More info Today is May Day, which in the Irish calendar marks the first day of summer. And it certainly feels like it as the country saw sunny blue skies yesterday ...

On November 30th 1937, a fifth-class student in Co Mayo collected folklore from her 80-year-old relative about "Lá Bealtaine", or May Day. This included customs such as decorating doorways with ...

IRISH employees have been warned that they "may not receive" their wages or salary on time next week due to a European holiday. And, with payments between banks likely to be "subject to delays ...

But before the long weekend at the end of the month, we get May Day — which always falls on the first of May and comes with a colourful, and at times surprising, history. From a celebration that’s ...

But before the long weekend at the end of the month, we get May Day — which always falls on the first of May and comes with a colourful, and at times surprising, history. From a celebration that ...

That also means that many people are looking forward to a well-earned holiday, thanks to the tradition of May Day. Here’s everything you need to know about the special date in the calendar.

VINCE MILLS says politicians of various parties are interpreting the result in self-serving ways, but it contains little comfort for the left MAY DAY celebrates the historic struggles of the working ...

Consumers have been warned of possible delays to electronic payments on May Day. Next Thursday is a bank holiday across most European countries, but in this country the May bank holiday falls on ...

Archive newspaper articles from May Day in the now city of Southampton show the festival drew large crowds in the late 19th and early 20th Century. The event still appeals to the masses in Oxford ...

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May Day was never just a celebration, a rally, or a march. It was also a day for workers to show their power. And it can be again. United Auto Workers President Shawn Fain during a “Fighting ...