The stock market wasn’t a pleasant place to be around this time 90 years ago.

Bastien Peyraud has been appointed as general manager of the Imperial Hotel, Cork, part of the Flynn Hotels group.

Creativity and innovation, along with an eye for design and detail, plus getting the attention of the most discerning clients, has helped make an Irish success story abroad, writes Carol O’Callaghan.

As series two of Incredible Homes concludes, it’s been a mix of cheesy one-liners, cringy moments and a hard-to-resist dose of interiors porn, writes Carol O’Callaghan.

Queues were forming for Dublin properties today even before the pieces were taken out of the box.

Aston Martin, maker of luxury sports cars for the James Bond movies, is moving ahead with a plan to list shares in London, naming Penny Hughes as chairman to end all-male board representation.

“A 1960s sex-and-Polaroids scandal centring around an allegedly sex-crazed duchess seemed perfect for Cheltenham” observed Philip Hensher on his 1990s libretto for Powder Her Face.

Christine Keeler was the girl at the heart of the notorious Profumo affair in 1963 which rocked the British establishment, convulsed Westminster and ultimately contributed to the downfall of the beleaguered Tory government the following year.

Top poker player Phil Ivey has lost a British Supreme Court challenge over his £7.7 million winnings from a London casino.

He has a CV that would be the envy of any highly- regarded chef worldwide and now Patrick Murphy is bringing that experience to his new restaurant at Stoneview in Blarney, Co Cork.

The owners of a historic London casino have sued a high-stakes international gambler said to have once lost £2.4m in a night after complaining that they are owed £470,000.

Des O’Sullivan says there’s a variety of objects going under the hammer

Poker player Phil Ivey is taking his legal battle against a London casino over his £7.7m winnings to the Supreme Court in England.

Suzanne Harrington meets the Irish midwife working at London’s exclusive five-star maternity hospital.

Claire Price, interior architect and editor of House/EDIT speaks to Aileen Lee about honing in on your own personal style in the home.

Noel Baker samples all that London has to offer on weekend trip to mark a ‘significant’ birthday. 

Two friends are to be sentenced next month for lying about crashing a Lamborghini Gallardo into shops and causing more than £100k (€114k) of damage.

Two Hatton Garden raiders posed as workmen to break into a high-end London jewellers in a burglary bearing striking similarities to the daring multi-million pound heist five years later, a court has heard.

This George III Italian white marble chimney piece from a collection in Ireland was a highlight at the Ronald Phillips stand at the Masterpiece Fair in London this week. 

Disgraced former celebrity publicist Max Clifford has told a jury he is determined to clear his name as he faces a fresh allegation of indecent assault.

Former British celebrity publicist Max Clifford “used his position of power” to “humiliate” a teenage girl into performing a sex act on him, a court was told.

From some of the world’s greatest galleries and museums, to the treasure-filled bookshops of Charing Cross Road, London is a city packed with choice for a city break says Suzanne Harrington.

An Irish musician who drank from the same cup as poisoned ex-Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko has said he fells lucky to be alive.

USA: Maya Donnelly awoke to what sounded like thunder in the early hours of the morning, but dismissed it as a typical monsoon storm and went back to sleep.

Want to know what you’ll be wearing next spring? Fresh from London Fashion Week, Rachel Marie Walsh has the lowdown on the trends we’ll all be embracing in 2016.

Des O’Sullivan on a show of the work of the world-renowned designer.

Property developer Chartered Land is poised to buy what was once the most expensive land plot sold in Ireland.

Dancer Michael Flatley has been stepping his way into the history books for the past 21 years — and now he’s tapping into the global art market, having reinvented himself as a painter.

Former tennis star Boris Becker has opened up about his famous sexual liaison at Nobu restaurant — saying he is happy if the brief encounter is one of the things he is best remembered for.

As a new play and V&A exhibition celebrating Alexander McQueen open in London, Rachel Marie Walsh looks at the life and style of the iconic designer.

Woman snared victim at casino, then let killers into ‘soft target’s’ flat

When Rebekah Brooks resigned amid the greatest scandal in newspaper history, many thought that would be the end of her. They were wrong, writes Suzanne Harrington. 

A gem of an extended house in an extraordinary coastal setting is set to make a splash both here and abroad, says Tommy Barker.

Safety online: To mark Safer Internet Day, Trend Micro is hosting an Internet Safety Ambassador programme, for parents, schools and community groups, at its EMEA headquarters in Bishopstown, Cork.

Leader of the opposition Ed Miliband has floated proposals for a cap on MPs’ earnings from outside Parliament, as two of Westminster’s most senior former ministers were forced to defend themselves against cash-for-access allegations.

Radioactive contamination was detected on a grounded plane used by the suspected murderers of poisoned spy Alexander Litvinenko after reassurances from Russian authorities that nothing was found, an inquiry has revealed.

A retired army major-general tested positive for a radioactive substance after two men suspected of poisoning former KGB officer Alexander Litvinenko had visited his offices, an inquiry heard.

An inquiry into the death of the Russian fugitive has finally opened. But those who say that justice delayed is justice denied have doubts that the truth will ever emerge, writes Mary Dejevsky

The preparation of tax returns and the processing of payroll for a number of busy central London accountancy firms is now being carried out by start-up company CPC Outsourcing in Bandon, Co Cork.

Irish political giant Daniel O’Connell has been celebrated as the Nelson Mandela of his day as the newest of London’s famous blue plaques was unveiled in his honour.

Irish political giant Daniel O’Connell has been remembered as the Nelson Mandela of his day as the newest of London’s famous blue plaques was unveiled in his honour.

Britain’s most expensive homes got cheaper this year as more central London mansions and super-prime apartments sported "for sale" signs.

VICTORIA BECKHAM has admitted that her children didn’t think she had a “proper job” as she prepares to open her first clothing store in London.

Pop singer-turned-fashion designer Victoria Beckham has opened her first clothing store in London.

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