Kim Kardashian loves clothes, models clothes, designs clothes, and has become, with her boyfriend, Kanye West, half of the world’s most enthusiastic fashion couple. Benjamin Wallace wonders if fashion will return the fervour

It’s 30 years since the “grotesque, unbelievable, bizarre and unprecedented” events that led to the resignation of the attorney general, writes Richard Fitzpatrick

She was the screen icon who put Ireland in the Hollywood limelight. But a battle over her legacy could take the shine off Maureen O’Hara’s glittering career. Investigative Correspondent Conor Ryan reports

Beautiful wives and perfect lives: why do men who seem to have it all cheat on their own stunning women, asks Barbara Scully

Writer Maeve Binchy’s death has prompted consideration of notables who might be described as our national treasures, says Barbara Scully

Joseph Naso stands accused of a string of particularly vicious murders spanning half a century, many with a bizarre twist … Chris McGreal reports

For eight weeks Mauritius has been transfixed by events in the island’s Supreme Court as two men stood trial and were acquitted for the murder of Irish honeymooner Michaela McAreavey. David Young assesses the Mauritian perspective on proceedings and whether that holiday paradise image has been tarnished forever

IN east London, the heart of the 2012 Olympics, the ‘big build’, which started in 2006, has transformed a dilapidated area into a world-class urban park complete with new infrastructure.

Martin Conmey was 20 years old when he and two others were wrongly accused of killing Una Lynskey, yards from her home near Ratoath, Dublin in 1971. Michael Clifford outlines his long battle for justice and arduous quest for a certificate of miscarriage of justice

I love Cork.

Seán Quinn, once the richest man in Ireland, was this week found guilty of contempt of court. With the law no longer on his side, his fall from grace continues, writes Micheal Clifford

BANKRUPT businessman Seán Quinn, his son Seán, and nephew Peter have been given three weeks by a High Court judge to comply with orders aimed at reversing a “conspiracy” to move assets in the Quinn international property group beyond the reach of the former Anglo Irish Bank.

Sunday is International Joke Day, says Jonathan deBurca Butler, who wonders if, jokes aside, there’s any point

I’ve always been a bit of a show-off.

Kennedy historian Laurence Leamer reveals the heartbreaking story of Mary Richardson Kennedy’s long decline

In 1996, a journalist met a political prisoner in Rangoon.

In the wake of Henry Hill’s death, John Daly reflects on the greatest gangster film of all time, now 40 years old

When wealthy and famous clients need a private plane or engagement ring, Ciara Egan has no problem sourcing them.John Daly reports

Former drugs smuggler and convict Howard Marks is in Cork this week, writes Richard Fitzpatrick

Ex-horror star Christopher Lee is 90 on Sunday, but the actor shows no sign of retiring, says Suzanne Harrington

Women would be lost without their trusty handbag resting on their shoulder or in the crook of their arm. But what does your choice of handbag and the things that you keep in it really reveal about you? Lisa Jewell asked well-known American psychic Victoria Bullis to give readings for three Irish celebrities — she based them on a picture of the bag and a list of the contents, but the celebrity’s name was kept anonymous

Every family has its share of pain and triumph. And then there are the Kennedys.

His winning personality and gold-plated reputation drew investors with ease but as John Hearne reports by Dec 2008, as the financial crisis morphed into recession, everyone wanted their money back... but it wasn’t there

If there are any frazzled new parents out there, desperately struggling to come to terms with the arrival of a firstborn child and its mighty impact on a previously well-ordered life, well, here’s the perfect prescription — an inspirational dose of cookbook author Sheila Kiely’s own personal history.

A drug-using family. Heartbreaking dysfunction. Allison Samuels on why no one could save Whitney Houston from herself

THE other day, Cheryl Cole had a lovely dream.

A RETROSPECTIVE exhibition is often an admission the game is up, we may as well look back because there won’t be much point expecting anything new in the future.

Kathryn Rudge is savouring her role in Opera North’s production of Giulio Cesare in Dublin next week, Nikki ffrench Davis reports

With talented troupe Prodijig, Alan Kennefick has his eye on the £250k prize on TV show Got to Dance, this weekend, writes Claire O’Sullivan