Gerard Howlin believes a major cultural change is coming to Áras an Uachtaráin in September.

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Darren Clarke will take a step back from his hectic schedule as European Ryder Cup captain next week with a diary free of official business. Yet while on the face of it there will be some calm before the dramatic storm of the resumption of golfing rivalries with the US at the end of the month in Minnesota, it is doubtful the Irishman will be sleeping any easier.

A postmortem is being carried out today on the body of a 32-year-old man who was found severely injured in the bedroom of the apartment in which his 11-month old son also died.

Love was certainly in the air this Valentine’s weekend as thousands of couples flew to romantic getaways across Europe and beyond.

On the 75th anniversary of the internment of German airmen in Ireland, Ryle Dwyer looks back at one of the strangest, most welcoming prison camps of the Second World War

The heartbroken husband of an Irish woman killed in a terrorist attack in Tunisia two weeks ago has thanked all those who comforted him.

The Department of Agriculture has identified a suspected case of BSE in Co Louth; Lord of the Rings actor Cristopher Lee has died at the age of 93; Traveller families are refusing to move 200 yards from their old cramped halting site to a new purpose-built €5m housing scheme in Cork. Just some of the latest and most read stories on irishexaminer.com.

Karen Buckley's body will be flown to her native Cork this afternoon.

Dan McCarthy takes a trip down memory lane with a book that charts 101 items from our recent popular history from TV show Wanderly Wagon to the Aran jumper to the ‘I shot JR car sticker’    

Aer Lingus never experienced an arrival like the one that occurred on June 11, 1975, when Patrick Loureiro was born on board a charter flight from Mozambique to Lisbon.

Two investigations in Ireland and the US were carried out into an incident on an Aer Lingus flight where two flight attendants were accused of being drunk, abusive and threatening to passengers.

Melanie Houghton was in impressive form yesterday when she broke the Irish 50m butterfly record at the National Long Course Championships in Dublin yesterday.

What could best be described as a wave of molten outrage flowed down out of the northside of Cork last week with the news that the North Monastery primary school is to close.

The Dutch violinist, conductor and entertainer, André Rieu has sold more than 30 million albums worldwide.

A film about an inspirational Cork teenager who was born with no limbs premieres tomorrow and will be screened across Ireland and possibly abroad as early as next month.

One of the files in the state papers just released by the Department of Foreign Affairs relates to the visit of Pope John Paul II to Ireland in Aug 1979.

A two-hour work stoppage at Aer Lingus will go ahead next Monday, the SIPTU union has confirmed.

As Maureen O’Hara settles in the US, the High Court will hear of a bitter battle centred on her care, writes investigative correspondent Conor Ryan

Aer Lingus and Dublin Airport Authority staff have voted in favour of strike action if their employers make changes to their pension scheme without their agreement.

A five-year-old child whose left leg was scalded by a spillage of tea on an Aer Lingus flight, has been awarded €7,000 damages in the Circuit Civil Court.

Although Olympic qualification was an unlikely prospect during the second night of Irish Long-Course Championship finals, there were other prospects.

THE final day of the Irish Open Short Course Championships kicked off with an Irish senior record from Barry Murphy in the heats of the 50m butterfly (24.03), where he knocked half a second off the old record which has stood since 2002.

AN AER LINGUS jet was forced to divert to London’s Heathrow Airport on Tuesday after getting caught up in heavy thunderstorms, however the airline has denied that the jet was struck by lightning.

I WISH to congratulate Maureen O’Donnell on the superb letter headlined ‘Neil Prendeville and the national ‘Do you know who I am?’ syndrome’ (November 9).

BEHIND all the slick explanations interspersed with some orchestrated craw-thumping on behalf of Neil Prendeville, only Claire O’Sullivan realises what is truly at stake (Irish Examiner, November 4/6).

THE Rape Crisis Network has warned 96FM presenter Neil Prendeville’s lewd behaviour aboard a London-Cork flight must be “rightly recognised” as “sexually harmful behaviour and as a crime”.

AER LINGUS is in the process of making a formal complaint to gardaí following an incident in which high-profile radio presenter Neil Prendeville exposed himself in public view on a flight between London and Cork.

AER LINGUS cabin crew have suspended their work-to-rule, due to start this morning, following a last-minute arbitration by the Labour Relations Commission.

The first female pilot to fly for Aer Lingus is hanging up her wings.

AS the teachers’ unions hold annual conferences around the country, the founding president of the University of Limerick has launched a blistering attack on teachers describing them as “a pampered group” who are “behaving like spoiled children”.

Ladies of the night, keystone cops and political Pinocchios all featured in the swirl of intrigue as Willie O’Dea battled for his Cabinet life.

THE Government secretly forged trade links with Libya in the 1970s, while privately acknowledging the north African state was arming the IRA.

AER LINGUS yesterday published results that are unsustainable and unless the company can reverse its fortunes its long-term future must be questionable.

TRALEE has welcomed a new bunch of Roses this year, but has also invited back some blooms from the past, including the first ever winner, Alice O’Sullivan.

AER Lingus could cut routes from Shannon and Dublin this winter if the Government does not scrap the air travel tax which is causing “serious damage” to the airline.

LEGENDARY athlete Sonia O’Sullivan was conferred with an honorary doctorate at University College Cork yesterday.

Aer Lingus chief executive Dermot Mannion has defended his company following another attack by Ryanair chief executive Michael O'Leary.