It was an audacious multimillion-euro plan to plunder some of the last reserves of rhino horn and carved jade items that spanned the globe.

Google is bringing 1916 to life by offering a virtual tour of the key sites, streets and events of the Rising.

Irish fans hardly need a map for the English and Welsh capitals but taste buds will be tickled by the prospect of first visits to Wembley and the Olympic Stadium

In the run-up to celebrating 100 years as an independent country, there will be many debates about how to mark the progress achieved by our Republic, writes Joe Gill.

Kya deLongchamps is a bit bird-brained this week following a Finnish find.

A Banksy print showing people in an auction room bidding for a work with the words ‘I Can’t Believe You Morons Actually Buy This Shit’ on it is expected to sell for a five-figure sum after it goes on show next week.

With reference to Donal Kennedy’s letter (April 26), an important omission was that, following a five year project, the Asgard has been restored and on display since August 2012 in a purpose-built facility in the National Museum at Collins Barracks.

Further to the column from the Arts Editor, “Stolen Moments in British Museum” (Nov 4) in which he demanded all artefacts held by the museum should be returned to the original owners, on Nov 24 Channel 4 and The Sunday Telegraph covered the likely discovery of the site of one of the wonders of the ancient world, the legendary Hanging Gardens of Babylon.

London at Christmas including Visit to Kensington Palace with Afternoon Tea

Art and nature have always been part of my makeup.

Gardaí are tracking down members of a notorious crime gang suspected of stealing eight rhino horns, valued at €500,000, from the National History Museum.

Rural development funding of €120m is not reaching approved projects, says South East Cork Area Development chief executive Ryan Howard.

AVERY busy year is expected by Fantom, a Dublin technology company that has developed online digital sticker albums, a 21st century version of collectible trading cards.

The National Museum's described the discovery of 81 gold coins at a Tipperary pub as 'significant'.

It has terrorised mariners since ancient times and eluded researchers for decades, but now the 'Kraken' of the deep has given up its secrets.

Those who reckon toys ain’t what they used to be before the era of newfangled electronic gizmos should be in heaven at a toy museum opening in Waterford this week.

A three-storey building housing 200 tiny works of art has been transformed into a Museum of Miniature for one week as part of Skibbereen Arts Festival.

Troops will march into Collins Barracks in Cork tomorrow to mark the 90th anniversary of the handover by the British to the Irish Army of what was then Victoria Barracks.

A model of a Nazi concentration camp created from Lego has been sold for £55,000 (€66,632).

AN Irish army officer has come to the rescue of desperate mothers and wives and set up a life skills boot camp for husbands and sons.

A FIRE swept through a barrack at the former Nazi death camp of Majdanek, destroying more than half the building and possibly 10,000 shoes of Holocaust victims, officials said yesterday.

THE rugby museum at Thomond Park was yesterday presented with two flags which were used at an international match in Limerick over 112 years ago.

EastEnders actor Charlie Hawkins today confessed his character Darren Miller killed Archie Mitchell - only to quickly admit he was joking.

Picasso’s masterpiece Guernica has been given the all-clear after fears it might be deteriorating.

Twenty-one people have been injured following the collapse of a stairwell at the Natural History Museum in Dublin city centre this morning.

At least five people have been hospitalised following the collapse of a stairwell at the Natural History Museum on in Dublin city centre this morning.

Mel Gibson has been invited to meet with three prominent American Jewish groups, after his apology for making anti-Semitic remarks when he was arrested for drunk driving last week.

A galaxy of stars including Jennifer Lopez, John Travolta and Naomi Campbell pulled out of the Museum Of Modern Art's Costume Institute Gala on Monday night in support of fashion designers Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana.

THE Dublin City and County Book of Honour of the Great War 1914-1918 was part of the homily at 11am Mass in the Pro Cathedral, Dublin, on Sunday, November 14.

Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, the ex-wife of former President Nelson Mandela, plans to sue the South African parliament to overturn its ruling that she violated MPs finance regulations.

In Chicago the Sears Tower, Dirckson Federal Building, Field Museum, MERC, CBOT, Merchandise Mart, O'Hare Airport, Thompson Federal and Bank One have all been closed.