THE last refuge of the columnist/scoundrel — predictions for the following year — is back. Shur, where would you be without it? “Better off”, says you.

The sad plight of the widows of seven Easter Rising rebels is detailed in a heart-rending new book, says Richard Fitzpatrick

The most infamous set of lips in the world, the most infamous male ones anyway, were 70 years old yesterday.

The great-grandson of one of the men at the forefront of the Easter Rising has led tributes to the revolutionaries who fought for Ireland’s independence.

So what was life really like inside the ‘Downton Abbeys’ of Ireland?

There’s hardly a conflict in history that has not been driven by nationalism or religion.

Art dealers, the Waddingtons, are selling up their elevated Ballycotton home, Tommy Barker reports on a seaside house that's chock full of collectibles.

THE Carlton site on Dublin’s O’Connell Street has been approved for a €900 million large scale retail development following a ruling by An Bord Pleanála.

TWICE Oscar-winning director David Lean, whose films also include Doctor Zhivago and A Passage To India, chose the Dingle Peninsula as the location for Ryan’s Daughter because of its rugged scenery and the Atlantic backdrop.

MEMORIES of heady days in the late 1960s when the cinematic epic Ryan’s Daughter was shot on the Dingle Peninsula will be recalled when one of the stars, Sarah Miles, returns next month.

THE Reform Movement questions the decision of Fianna Fáil to bring back a military parade to celebrate the 1916 rebellion.