We take a trip down memory lane and check out what happened on this day in years gone by by looking back at some Irish Examiner front pages and highlighting other events which went down in history across the world.

A campaign will be launched tonight to rename some of Cork City’s best-known streets which commemorate British “aristocrats and war criminals” after Irish heroes.

It has been suggested that a diaspora centre be located on the site of the old bonded warehouses at the Port of Cork. But it’s a shame, given Cork Harbour’s long tradition, that we don’t have a maritime museum in Cork. Passage West would be an ideal location:

Edward Thomas was killed at Arras in 1917, but had long been suicidal and disillusioned with his writing, says Richard Fitzpatrick

The Churchills: A Family at the Heart of History

A COMPANY belonging to the beef baron Larry Goodman stands to lose about €200,000 a year in farm subsidies under plans being drawn up in Brussels.

Marco Pierre White led a group of celebrity chefs today in forming a new venture to supply their branded products to supermarkets.

A commercial featuring Victoria Beckham eating crisps in a candle-lit bath will be screened on television next month.