ARCHBISHOP Tomás Ó Fiaich visited the United States in May 1979. He was invited to stay at the Irish embassy in Washington by Ambassador Seán Donlon, but he initially declined the invitation.

THE family of a legendary composer who taught music at University College Cork (UCC) over five decades has asked An Post to issue a stamp to commemorate the centenary of his birth.

ORGANISERS of the 1973 visit by Princess Grace of Monaco to Ireland feared her stay in Dublin could be disrupted by bomb scares if her accommodation was on the city’s northside.