Des O’Sullivan previews an event set to bring plenty of Hollywood glamour to Newbridge, Co Kildare.

A Brexit minister has announced she is quitting her post over an old injury caused when she leapt out of a Black Hawk helicopter.

A former Church of England priest has been jailed for 12 years for a string of sexual offences against two boys dating back to the late 1980s.

WHEN Baroness Nuala O’Loan was Northern Ireland’s Police Ombudsman between 1999 and 2007 she was a positive, unflinching agent for change.

Des O’Sullivan finds Ireland represented as a female figure in The Spirit of Justice under the hammer in Co Kildare.

Rita de Brún sought the views of some therapists as she looked at the dark world of sadomasochism and BDSM

Hundreds of people have attended a memorial service for Northern Ireland’s former first minister Ian Paisley.

The European Union has offered to take charge of Gaza’s border crossings and work to prevent illegal arms flows, insisting on a durable truce and saying a return to the status quo before the latest war “is not an option”.

Britain's Foreign Office Minister Baroness Warsi has resigned over the Government’s policy on Gaza.

I have raved about the rebirth of Jaguar. The company has re-emerged from years of stagnancy, under its original British ownership and subsequently as part of Ford, to well-being under the Indian industrial giant, Tata.

One of the first same-sex couples to be married in the UK as soon as the law allowed has said “I do” in front of a packed room of guests shortly after the stroke of midnight.

Two trucks carrying food and medical supplies into rebel-held neighbourhoods in the central Syrian city of Homs turned back under heavy fire, leaving four paramedics wounded as a ceasefire faltered.

Former DUP leader Ian Paisley has been admitted to hospital in the North.

The United Nations is investigating reports that aid has yet to reach remote parts of the Philippines, a month after a devastating typhoon.

Nicole Scherzinger paid tribute to Nelson Mandela as she picked up her top TV personality prize at the Cosmopolitan Ultimate Women of the Year Awards 2013.

European Union officials have agreed that the August 21 chemical attack outside Damascus appears to have been the work of Syria’s regime, but that any potential military attack against it should wait for the UN inspectors’ report.

A ceremonial funeral with military honours will be held in London today for Baroness Margaret Thatcher. Rachel Marie Walsh takes a closer look at the style history of the original power dresser

A serving police officer in the UK who posted offensive messages online following Baroness Thatcher’s death has resigned.

David Cameron is set to discuss European reform with German Chancellor Angela Merkel on a visit to Germany today.

A row has broken out over suggestions that a statue should be built in honour of former prime minister Margaret Thatcher.

Sinn Féin's Martin McGuinness has said people should not be celebrating the death of the former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher.

Taoiseach Enda Kenny led Irish tributes to Margaret Thatcher yesterday, saying she had signed the Anglo Irish Agreement that laid the foundation for the peace process in the North.

Irish public and political figures, historically more often at odds with Margaret Thatcher’s policies, have remembered her for her leadership and conviction-driven career.

Margaret Thatcher died this morning following a stroke, her spokesman Lord Bell said.

Iran and six world powers failed to reach agreement today on a common approach to reducing fears that Tehran might misuse its nuclear technology to make weapons, with the EU’s foreign policy chief declaring that the two sides “remain far apart on substance”.

The success of The Sound of Music has ensured its return to Cork Opera House, Colette Sheridan reports

The UN General Assembly unanimously adopted a resolution welcoming positive changes in Burma but expressing serious concern at an upsurge of sectarian violence between Muslims and Buddhists in strife-torn Rakhine state.

A Catholic nun sent six envelopes containing white powder to parliamentary figures including deputy prime minister Nick Clegg, a court has heard.

Turkey will not attend any event presided over by Cyprus when the divided nation assumes the European Union presidency in July, the country’s foreign minister said.

Syria's deputy oil minister has announced his defection in an online video, making him the highest ranking official to abandon President Bashar Assad's regime since the country's uprising erupted a year ago.

China's special envoy to Syria is expected to press authorities for a ceasefire even as Beijing remains firmly opposed to any foreign intervention in the conflict.

David Cameron accused Syrian president Bashar Assad’s “criminal” regime today of “butchering its own people”.

The UK has withdrawn its diplomatic staff from Syria and closed the embassy in Damascus on security grounds, Foreign Secretary William Hague has announced.

HYSTERICAL conservatives increasingly blame the rise of so-called aggressive secularism for a plethora of societal ills while ignoring a far more pervasive problem — aggressive stupidity.

Premier League star Nicklas Bendtner was banned from driving for 56 days and fined £660 today after admitting speeding at almost 104mph in his Porsche.

In 1975, grocer’s daughter Margaret Thatcher became the first woman to lead a major UK political party.

TV news anchorwoman Anne Doyle’s decision to take redundancy from RTÉ has provoked much in the way of public comment.

A BRITISH government adviser has accused Russia and China of carrying out cyber warfare attacks aimed at stealing national security secrets from other countries.

The capture of Ratko Mladic was hailed this afternoon as a boost for Serbia, for Europe and for the country’s hopes of joining the European Union (EU).

Prince William became the Duke of Cambridge today just hours before he marries Kate Middleton in a historic ceremony watched by million across the globe.

The EU imposed its own arms embargo, visa ban and other sanctions on Libya today as part of an escalating global effort to halt Muammar Gaddafi’s crackdown on rebels.

The European Union’s foreign policy chief appeared to signal a rejection of Iran’s invitation to visit its nuclear sites when she said the job should be done by the United Nations’ International Atomic Energy Agency.

Agony aunt, writer and broadcaster Claire Rayner has died at the age of 79, her family said today.

David Cameron will today urge EU leaders to back a major new trade partnership between Europe and Pakistan in the wake of the worst floods in the country’s history.

Three former UK cabinet ministers have been suspended by the Labour Party over allegations they were prepared to use their position to influence government policy for cash.

IRELAND is unusual among western democracies in its continuing fight to have the plight of the Palestinians addressed.

The Tánaiste has welcomed the appointment of a woman to the role of EU Foreign Affairs chief.