The Queen has used her Christmas Day broadcast to highlight the importance of reconciliation between opposing sides – from communities in the North to those involved in the Scottish Independence referendum.

The Queen has said that Britain and Ireland shall “no longer allow our past to ensnare our future” at a historic state banquet in honour of President Michael D Higgins.

Top-secret dresses for meetings with James Bond, no hats after 6pm, and gowns featuring 2,000 silk shamrocks are just some of the Queen’s wardrobe wonders revealed in a new book.

The Queen took her seat in the royal box for her star-studded diamond jubilee concert last night, but was without the Duke of Edinburgh who has been hospitalised.

NOT quite London’s Palladium, but Dublin’s brand new National Convention Centre came pretty close last night as it hosted an Irish-style Royal Variety Performance to celebrate Queen Elizabeth’s visit to Ireland.

The bride’s choice of ivory and white satin bridal gown did not disappoint, writes Rachel Marie Walsh

Shops are bracing themselves for a last-minute rush on EuroMillions ticket sales, ahead of today’s massive £88m jackpot draw.

A SINGLE mother who scooped Britain’s biggest-ever lottery jackpot revealed yesterday how she told her teenage son: “We’ve won a wee bit of money.”

UK postal worker Angela Kelly might have scooped the biggest ever lottery jackpot, but she is unlikely to be hitting the designer stores to spend her newly-found wealth.

Lottery winner Angela Kelly is happy to share some of her new £35.4m (€52.2m) fortune with her estranged husband, she said today.