A unique memorial is to be erected in a North Cork town to commemorate a man who once held the world record for being buried alive.

It is 50 years since Britain’s Monty Python comedy team’s Flying Circus took off on TV and it is proving as popular as ever, with new devotees watching all four series and 45 episodes on Netflix and arguing about the best sketch — was it the Dead Parrot one or The Ministry Of Silly Walks?

Fresh warnings to industry to continue with preparations for a hard Brexit have come hot on the heels of the cross-party moves in the British House of Commons to block a no-deal Brexit.

The British House of Commons Speaker John Bercow has announced that he will stand down as an MP at the next general election.

Latest: Boris Johnson has confirmed his desire to hold a general election on October 15 – as he looks set to be defeated on a crunch vote on his plan.

The intervention by the British House of Commons speaker John Bercow caught everyone by surprise, no one more so than Theresa May.

Theresa May’s leadership hangs by threads after her Brexit withdrawal deal fell to another historic defeat, says Andrew Hammond.

When Donna Gilligan tried to track down surviving objects and images from the Irish suffrage movement, there was little to be found. It’s another example of women’s history being excluded from the national narrative, she tells Helen O’Callaghan.

The DUP’s Ian Paisley begged his constituents to retain confidence in him during an emotional apology in the British House of Commons for a major breach of parliamentary rules.

A Facebook executive has reaffirmed the social network's pledge to remove "bad content" from the site.

A member of the DUP has indicated his party could have supported an amendment to the UK’s flagship Brexit legislation guaranteeing the rights of people in Gibraltar.

Northern Ireland Secretary James Brokenshire has said he does not intend to appoint ministers to take political control at Stormont as he moved budget measures with the "utmost reluctance".

Around 100 "very serious" prisoners have escaped from jail on the British Virgin Islands in the wake of Hurricane Irma, a British minister has said.

Theresa May has been warned the DUP expects to see more money spent on health and education, with an end to the "dark tunnel of austerity".

Theresa May is to hold talks with the Northern Ireland political parties amid warnings an expected deal with the DUP to prop up her minority government will undermine the peace process.

It is shameful that the biggest, wealthiest, most innovative and cleverest technology firms in the world appear to be unable to tackle dangerous and illegal content on the internet.

Catholics living in Northern Ireland have called for a return to direct rule to end the political chaos, a senior British Conservative MP has said.

The UK Government will not allow political talks to restore powersharing in the North to drift past Easter, Secretary of State James Brokenshire has warned.

Gerry Adams has said tonight's vote by the British Parliament on amendments to the European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) Bill, shows that "the British government does not care one iota for the people of the North."

Sinn Féin has been accused by the deputy leader of the DUP of triggering a snap election in Northern Ireland to secure concessions from the UK Government.

Update 9.45am: Foreign Affairs Minister Charlie Flanagan has said that said that neither Dublin nor London are to blame for the Stormont crisis.

The UK's highest court is hearing a second day of argument in the historic Brexit legal challenge.

Update 3.25pm: Sinn Féin MEP Matt Carthy has called for the closure of the Sellafield nuclear plant in England.

There was a statement about the cats in the British Parliament.

Some of the people attending the 150 or so rural shows across the country during the next six months might wonder at times about what is really happening in the horse and cattle rings.

It is the west’s blind myopia that leads it to go to war in the Middle East, with disastrous consequences, argues JP O’Malley on reading an account of Islamism which shows that, as an ideology, it is growing further apart.

Uncertainty continues to dog political talks aimed at saving power-sharing in Northern Ireland after a British government statement failed to prompt unionists to sign up to negotiations.

Paula Radcliffe has said she is “devastated that my name has even been linked” to wide-ranging accusations of cheating in athletics.

People will not vote in such large numbers at the general election, because they do not trust the political parties to effect change. Voters can only do that themselves, in single-issue referenda, writes Shaun Connolly

The decision on whether Ireland granted illegal state aid to Apple and should receive many millions of euro back from the US multinational will not now be made next month, European Competition Commissioner Margrethe Vestager has said.

A Tory MP has apologised “unreservedly” for playing games on his iPad during a select committee hearing —as the British House of Commons authorities launched a mole hunt for whoever caught him on camera.

Former taoiseach John Bruton’s recent statement that he is a Redmonite and his call for the government to mark the centenary of the passing of the Third Home Rule Bill calls into question his political allegiance during his tenure as taoiseach.

Former British House of Commons deputy speaker Nigel Evans has been cleared of committing nine sexual offences against seven young men.

President Michael D Higgins has hailed the transformation of relations between Britain and Ireland, from a period of doubt to trust and mutual respect.

Michelle O’Donnell Keating is not a household name in Ireland, but perhaps she should be.

A US Senate resolution authorising President Barack Obama to use military force against Syria would bar American ground troops fro combat operations and set a deadline for any action.

Nearly 300,000 “attempts to access websites categorised as pornography” were made from computers within the UK's Parliament in the last year, official records show.

The News Corporation chairman Rupert Murdoch has welcomed the opportunity to give evidence to a British House of Commons committee, for a second time.

British House of Commons Deputy Speaker Nigel Evans has been further arrested on suspicion of three counts of indecent assault.

Britain’s banks are facing a formal investigation over the sale of complex interest rate swaps to small and medium-sized businesses, it was reported today.

Users of Twitter could face legal action for contempt of court if they use the micro-blogging website to breach privacy injunctions, the UK's Attorney General warned today.

The British Prime Minister David Cameron has praised the Queen's "healing" visit to Ireland.

Approval was today given for a by-election in Belfast West after Sinn Féin president Gerry Adams stepped down to join the Dáil.

VOTERS in the North go to the polls today in an election that will likely see the DUP’s Peter Robinson remain First Minister.

The family of murdered solicitor Pat Finucane have taken part in talks with the British Government which could lead to a public inquiry into the infamous killing.

The official inquiry into the murder of Loyalist terrorist Billy Wright in the Maze Prison found that there was no “state collusion” in his killing, Northern Ireland Secretary Owen Paterson said today.

JOHN BERCOW was returned as British House of Commons speaker yesterday after a bid to remove him was cast aside by the majority of MPs.

MPs sitting in both the British House of Commons and the Northern Ireland Assembly should not receive two salaries, the UK government said today.