A British military dog who protected troops by sniffing out explosives and insurgent fighters in Afghanistan has received the animal equivalent of the Victoria Cross.

DURING his music lesson, a string broke on young Conor Russell’s violin. A minor setback, and a common experience of every student. What happened next set a life-long course for Russell who is now one of Ireland’s most established violinmakers, or luthiers, as they are known in the trade.

In just a few months it will be exactly 100 years since Henry Ford registered his company, Henry Ford & Sons in Ireland.

An oasis of peace on a Greek island proved the perfect environment for Claire Droney to practice her writing skills tutored by a Man Booker author. 

Israel’s prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, has sparked uproar after suggesting a Second World War-era Palestinian leader convinced the Nazis to adopt the “final solution” to exterminate European Jews.

The entertainment firm co-owned by Irish actor Cillian Murphy recorded profits of over €360,000 in its first year in operation.

When he died on a WW1 battlefield Basil Maclear was an Irish rugby star and acknowledged by many of the early game’s greats

Fact is more frightening than fiction in this real Ebola crisis, says Max Brooks.

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A history of the world in the first half of the 20th century is contained in 17 lots from a Skibbereen autograph collector to be sold at Whyte’s in Dublin on September 20.

One of the more collectible lots at Dolan’s August auction in Clifden is a century-old album of mounted photographs relating to the manufacture of armaments for the First World War,

ENGLAND: Half of people in Britain do not know the First World War began 100 years ago next month, according to The Daily Star.

A unique title set during World War I, Valiant Hearts: The Great War is a truly magical piece of storytelling from Ubisoft Montpellier.

Ceremonies to commemorate the 70th anniversary of D-Day are drawing thousands of visitors to the cemeteries, beaches and stone-walled villages of Normandy, including some of the few survivors of the largest sea-borne invasion ever mounted.

Don O’Hara fought in World War II to rebel after his father stopped him going on a date. He landed at Normandy 70 years ago today — and made it home to marry the girl he stood up, says John Verling

Streets with rude-sounding names like Crotch Crescent, Turkey Cock Lane, Bell End, and The Knob could turn out to be a haven for property hunters looking to snap up a bargain, research suggests-

Adam, Ahern, Black, Bolger, Brennan, Breslin — the names read like poetry under the Menin Gate. Molloy, Moran, Morgen, Mulvihill, Murphy, Murray — all buried in unknown graves in Flanders soil.

Zombies-raving man shot dead as intruder

Brad Pitt's double was paid €5.13 an hour during 'World War Z'.

Two decades on from their romantic interlude in Before Sunrise (1995), and following on from their rendezvous in Before Sunset (2004), Before Midnight (15A) finds Celine (Julie Delpy) and Jessie (Ethan Hawke) on holidays in Greece, the parents of twin girls and comfortably in a long-term relationship.

Angelina Jolie made her first public appearance since she revealed she had undergone a double mastectomy, as she and Brad Pitt walked the red carpet together.

A billboard promoting a kettle has sparked hundreds of complaints from members of the public over their belief it bares on uncanny resemblance to Adolf Hitler.

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Knox Jolie-Pitt missed a boat trip his parents had organised because he refused to get out of a box.

Major additional funding is being sought to turn the Belfast-based First World War warship HMS Caroline into a spectacular new tourist attraction.

A teenager arrested on Remembrance Sunday on suspicion of posting a picture of a burning poppy on Facebook is being questioned by British police.

I am 90 years of age and in the last World War, all opposition politicians joined the government to get through the crisis.

Brad Pitt wears David Beckham’s underwear.

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Fianna Fáil leader Micheál Martin has called on the Government to put pressure on Europe to bring in job creation measures now that Ireland has passed the Fiscal Treaty.

Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie are planning to move to England for two years.

A vintage Second World War-era fighter plane has plunged into the grandstands during a popular annual US air show, killing at least three people and injuring more than 50 spectators.

Two fake cows have been stolen from the set of Brad Pitt's latest film 'World War Z'.

HOLLYWOOD star Brad Pitt chartered an entire train for his family to travel to Scotland, where he is shooting scenes for a new zombie movie.

Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie are renting a “fortress” once used to protect residents from pirate attacks.

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