Fiann O’Nuallain sings the praises of the trumpet-shaped lily which has long been an inspiration to artists as well as having deep symbolical connections for Irish nationalism and other countries striving for independence.

Some of the biggest names in Irish movies, theatre, and entertainment were feted in LA last night ahead of Sunday’s Oscars.

The annual search for individuals and groups who have heartened and inspired the nation is under way, as nominations open for the 2015 People of the Year Awards.

Deirdre O’Kane is back to stand-up after six years of TV and film acting —and her midlife crisis is

Ahead of an upcoming comedy fundraiser the Moone Boy mum gets serious and talks stand-up, Sonia and solitary Middle East men with Richard Fitzpatrick.

Game of Thrones star Liam Cunningham tells Caroline Delaney how he’s happy to be filming in Belfast rather than sunny Croatia or Spain as

A penguin evening jacket was the inspiration for hotelier Francis Brennan’s career. 

A Walk Among the Tombstones ***

From food to fashion, movies to music, our critics pick their hot 100 for autumn.

Ireland’s People of the Year awards is 40 this year and, to celebrate, past winners Micheál Ó Muircheartaigh, Mark Pollock, Christina Noble, and Jane McKenna were joined yesterday by awards ambassador and actress Aoibhín Garrihy in Dublin to open the nominations campaign for the 2014 awards.

A film about the eventful life of Irish humanitarian Christina Noble will have its world premiere at a film festival in the US later this month.

Denise Hall meets the inspirational childrens aid worker Christina Noble

CHARITY boss Christina Noble has abandoned plans to use a state-of-the-art eco-house in Dublin to replicate her work sheltering homeless young people in Asian slums.

Northern band Snow Patrol swept the boards at the star studded Meteor Ireland Music Awards tonight as they strutted away from the Point Theatre with four gongs.

The stars of Ireland’s music industry are expected to turn out in Dublin’s Point Theatre tonight for the Meteor Music Awards.

The Pogues, famed for controversial frontman Shane McGowan’s antics, will be presented with the Lifetime Achievement Award at this year’s Meteor Ireland Music Awards, organisers said tonight.

LEADING campaigner for young homeless people Fr Peter McVerry will be presented with the €100,000 humanitarian award at the Meteor Music Awards.

A campaigner of young homeless people will be presented with the €100,000 Humanitarian award at the Meteor Music Awards, organisers confirmed today.

IRELAND'S greatest woman is an 18th century nun credited with establishing girls' education in the State.

An 18th Century nun, credited with establishing girl’s education in the State, was today named Ireland’s Greatest Woman.

DISGRACED Olympic swimmer Michelle Smith is in the running for the accolade of Ireland’s greatest woman after being nominated in a radio competition, it emerged yesterday.

AS much as €100,000 may have been stolen from the Christina Noble Children’s Foundation (CNCF) in a carefully engineered scam at its Dublin office.

A top medical team from a Dublin hospital travel to Vietnam this month to treat sick children under the care of the Christine Noble Foundation, it emerged today.

The Iraqi husband of murdered aid worker Margaret Hassan is arriving in Ireland this week to accept the country’s most prestigious peace prize on her behalf.

AND the headlines ...

I CANNOT decide if our Taoiseach was demonstrating failure to grasp reality or demonstrating his supreme grasp of irony while posing for a photograph with Christina Noble in Thailand.

The Taoiseach is attending the opening of a centre for disadvantaged children in Vietnam today, set up by Dublin woman Christina Noble.

LEGENDARY charity worker Christina Noble believes action speaks louder than words.

I WOULD like to remind your readers that the spirit of generosity is alive and well in Co Tipperary and beyond.

PROMINENT social activist Sr Stanislaus Kennedy has pledged to use a €100,000 humanitarian award to further her work with immigrants and young people.

DUSTIN the Turkey has scooped the Celebrity Dublin Project of the Decade at the 2003 Guinness Living Dublin Awards.

THE public has been given the chance to give 10,000 to the best Dublin community project of the past 10 years by voting in the Guinness Living Dublin Awards.

BONO has beaten competition from British Prime Minister Tony Blair and French President Jacques Chirac to become Europe’s greatest hero.

Rock star Bono was last night honoured with an award for his humanitarian work around the globe and chose the ceremony to ask why millions of people were not out on the streets protesting about the number of Africans dying from Aids.

CHRISTINA NOBLE, the “Angel of Saigon”, was honoured yesterday by the Prince of Wales for her work with the street children of Vietnam.

Fine Gael Senator, Michael Finucane, called for an Honours List to be established in Ireland so that Ireland can pay tribute to outstanding citizens.

FROM the lowly lanes of the Liberties to Buckingham Palace grandeur, children’s rights campaigner Christina Noble has made much progress on the road less travelled.

A children's rights campaigner from Dublin will tomorrow be presented with an OBE at Buckingham Palace in London.