As we enter the month of December 2015, I remember my father who died 50 years ago on December 5.

FINANCE Minister Michael Noonan and a former IMF deputy director Ajai Chopra yesterday confirmed what has been widely believed for many years — that “advice” offered by the European Central Bank to Ireland as our banks stumbled towards collapse was a thinly-disguised, take-it-or-leave-it ultimatum.

A replica, walk-through First World War trench which has been installed in Cork’s public museum will allow visitors to experience the dark, cramped, and brutal conditions endured by the millions of soldiers who died in trench warfare.

Yet again, the summer school in Glenties, which bears the name of Patrick MacGill, has ignored both the writer and his participation in World War 1. That this should be the case in the war’s centenary year is a glaring omission.

Harry Potter actor Daniel Radcliffe is set to surprise fans with his latest gritty role - as a World War One soldier fighting in the trenches in France.