GALWAY-based poet, Rita Ann Higgins, has written a poetry collection (her tenth) that never bores. 

IRELAND is a small country with a small population.

ONE of the most memorable assessments of Margaret Thatcher was delivered by French president François Mitterrand when he declared: “She has the eyes of Stalin and the voice of Marilyn Monroe.”

Whether they loved her or loathed her, virtually all the world leaders she ever met stood in awe of Margaret Thatcher.

LAST month saw the Cheltenham Festival, the election of the first non-European pope in nearly 1,300 years and the continuing saga of horseflesh sold as beef.

Viva the goodies

Brad Pitt is set to play the man who killed Jesus Christ.

When historians of the future dig beneath the rubble of 21st-century Italy, they are likely to view Silvio Berlusconi as the last Roman emperor.

USUALLY, the end of year column runs along lines as familiar as the main tracks from Kent to Heuston.

Paul O’Grady is set to return to ITV in a £8m (€8.6m) deal.

Leonardo DiCaprio could star in a new movie version of 'I, Claudius' after a Hollywood producer picked up the rights to the famous book.

Stars In Their Eyes host Matthew Kelly has been nominated for best actor at the prestigious Laurence Olivier Awards

Kate Beckinsale, the star of Pearl Harbour, is to split from her lover Michael Sheen, according to reports.