Des O'Sullivan previews a sale that harks back to Ireland's pubs of days gone by.

CATHAL Coughlan has never been one for tiptoeing gently into the night, writes Ed Power

FIVE Amnesty International activists were arrested in Moscow for handing out leaflets to the audience before a U2 concert.

Thousands of rail passengers are reportedly facing possible disruption this weekend due to planned strike action by Iarnrod Eireann workers in Cork.