Annmarie O’Connor unveils her carefully curated collection of luxury gifts to inspire you.

The fatal shooting of a Belfast man by British soldiers during rioting in 1971 was unjustified, a coroner has ruled.

A "crucial" new witness has come forward to give evidence about the shooting of a Belfast man by British soldiers almost 50 years ago, an inquest has been told.

Raise a glass to this season's intoxicating hue, says Annmarie O'Connor.

Roz Purcell, Natalie B Coleman, Elaine Crowley, Courtney Smith and Glenda Gilson reveal their favourite restaurants, bars and gyms in Dublin’s city centre.

Plans for a development of more than 30 new homes in the southside suburbs of Cork have been lodged.

HE MAY have been 72 by the time it hit the record stores, but Gerry Quinn says musician Andy Irvine is justifiably proud of the CD and DVD of his 70th birthday concerts in Dublin’s Vicar St.

The rumours of Port Wine’s demise have thankfully been exaggerated. While the market is overly seasonal in nature (that is, Christmas), and sales are down, sales of one style are definitely up.

Traffic and building shoulder height issues have been raised in a submission by management of Cork’s Elysian development in relation to revised office block plans for a neighbouring city centre site.

Work on a facelift for Dublin's Grafton Street begins in June.

ONE of the many wine myths that can mislead the unwary concerns age.

STAND back now, because the nation’s sommeliers are just about to pop the cork on the autumn season of tastings and dinners.

ONE of Ireland’s longest-established jewellers is to expand in Dublin, through the acquisition of a key Grafton Street premises.

* CORKSCREW Winter Wine Fair takes place tomorrow from 1pm to 6pm at the Westbury Hotel just around the corner from the shop on Chatham Street, Dublin 2. Tickets €25, from 01 674 5731 or www.thecorkscrew.ie.

DUBLIN’S chewing-gum black- spots have been named and shamed as the city council seeks a contractor to clean up the capital’s sticky problem.

The Food Safety Authority says it served closure orders on three firms last month for breaches of hygiene regulations.