As we become more environmentally conscious, retailers are appearing to make greater strides towards meeting customer expectations for sustainable products, while offering value for money, writes Carol O’Callaghan.

Britain's Prince Charles and his wife Camilla have been welcomed to Wicklow by President Michael D Higgins.

Additional car and bus parking to cater for the large numbers of visitors to Muckross House, a protected area one of the southwest’s most popular tourist attractions in the 10,000-hectare Killarney National Park has been given the go-ahead.

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Britain's Prince Harry and his new wife Meghan Markle will visit Ireland in July.

Two súgán chairs, a súgán egg basket, and other straw-made items are on their way to the Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall after a visit to Muckross traditional farms in Killarney last week.

From one kingdom to another, the Prince of Wales hailed his visit to Kerry yesterday as “remarkable”, after fulfilling a long-time ambition to see what is considered to be Ireland’s most beautiful county.

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Sinn Féin president Mary Lou McDonald met Prince Charles in Cork last night just hours after he spoke of how reconciliation and understanding can guide both countries on a path of shared prosperity and security.

The Rebel city has done royal visits before. But for Patsy Flynn and his wife, Kathy, it was their first.

When asked what he thought of being given an audience with royalty Jack O’Mahony (7) from Clonakilty, Co Cork said that it was “great.”

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As the fresh paint dries across Cork City, a massive security operation has kicked in and traffic restrictions will be in place from early morning for the visit of Britain’s Prince Charles and his wife, Camilla, the Duchess of Cornwall.

Our frighteningly frank agony aunt looks ahead to 2018, from cranes over Cork to Brexit and Pairc Uí Chaoimh

Like two auld wans at mass.

THE sight of Britain’s Prince Charles wielding a hurley and striking a sliothar into the back of the net would have been unimaginable a few short years ago. 

Just a few hours after paying tribute to fallen police officers at the opening of a memorial in Belfast, Prince Charles and his wife Camilla visited Áras an Uachtaráin where they saw the Peace Bell which was designed in 2008 to mark the 10th anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement.

Prince Charles and his wife Camilla begin an official visit to the Republic of Ireland today.

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The Prince of Wales stressed the possibilities inherent in breaking down barriers on a Northern Ireland visit that took in a cross border hospital and a centre dedicated to one of his favourite poets.

A special charity pendant is to be unveiled in memory of Colin Vearncombe, the singer-songwriter known for his smash hit ‘Wonderful Life ’, who died in a car crash in Co Cork last year.

You don’t need to be one of Agatha Christie’s famous detectives to uncover the charms of this famous spa town, says John Chambers.

Britain's first female prime minister, Margaret Thatcher, has found herself in the unlikely company of Bridget Jones and Beyonce, thanks to BBC Radio 4's Woman's Hour Power List for 2016.

Independent TD Maureen O’Sullivan said she was not endorsing “the use of physical force” when she wrote to the Courts Service asking that the period of time a dissident republican was spending on remand be cut.

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Goresbridge proprietor Martin Donohoe believes the catalogue for next week’s Go For Gold auction of select eventing horses compares favourably to previous years, writes John Tynan

One week after Britain’s vote to leave the European Union, British prime minister David Cameron and members of the royal family were standing side-by-side with France’s president to celebrate their historic alliance at the centenary of the deadliest battle of World War I.

One hundred years ago in the poppy fields of Northern France, July 1, 1916, saw the single most hellish day of armed conflict, with the start of the Battle of the Somme.

French President François Hollande is to visit Ireland later this month, it emerged yesterday.

The Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall will visit Donegal tomorrow as part of a three-day visit to Ireland.

Two Cork support groups are set to benefit from donations made following the death of singer songwriter, Black, best-known for his 1980s hit Wonderful Life.

THE gut-wrenching nausea that hits when you receive bad news, the palpitations and sweaty palms you get when you’re nervous. We’ve probably all experienced these physical reactions to psychological triggers at some point.

Kristen Bell was stunning in this strapless silver-grey dress by Reem Acra at the Los Angeles premiere of The Boss. Metallic Christian Louboutins and rose-pink lipstick finished the look.

A Corkwoman who was killed in her home died as a result of a stab wound to her head, the inquest into her death has heard.

AT LONG last I’ve discovered the secret of how to give a totally stress-free dinner party. 

Will Prince Charles’ once maligned mistress be fully accepted as his partner, his queen, asks