The Dalai Lama has called for a denuclearised world and warned force would not solve the North Korean crisis.

Des O’Driscoll takes us through the week’s TV viewing and what needs to be on your list.

The Dalai Lama’s visit to an Indian state that China claims as its own has seen the countries’ relationship take a turn for the worse, writes Shashi Tharoor.

I was initially tempted to make last week’s disconsolate column feel like the Dalai Lama’s positive thinking app in comparison with this one.

The Dalai Lama has preached to thousands of supporters in Mongolia, during a visit set to test the country's ties with China at a time when it is seeking a critical aid package from its powerful neighbour.

 

Chicago choir leader Josephine Lee was in Cork recently for Summer Sing, writes Ellie O’Byrne

Today is World Refugee Day, and aid agency GOAL have released six facts that you probably do not know about refugees.

China has written to diplomats and UN officials urging them not to attend a Geneva event today where the Dalai Lama will speak, reasserting that it opposes his appearance at all venues due to his “separatist activities”.

OTELIER Francis Brennan is a natural storyteller.

Actors are not fearless. We are brave.

One Direction star Harry Styles is the happiest celebrity on Twitter, new research has found.

ENGLAND: The Dalai Lama has suggested that his successor could be female, but only if she is “very attractive”.

We bring you a round up of all the latest news and reviews from the world of entertainment. 

American Taylor Pemberton went on his summer holidays this month. But Taylor is two things: brave enough to travel to the recently-accessible land of North Korea, and a professional photographer who captured the experience on Instagram.

A West Cork retreat offers women the chance to indulge in personal reflection and fine food, writes Colette Sheridan.

 

They are some of the biggest brains in technology and they have serious money behind them. Their mission now is to end old age and achieve immortality says Rita de Brun.

Check out our guide to the best of tonight's TV.

Lionel Richie stole the show at Glastonbury yesterday, with huge crowds singing and dancing along.

For decades, he was the Dalai Lama’s right hand man but now he’s taking on internet trolls as he believes greater empathy is crucial to our future says Deirdre Reynolds.

Helen O’Callaghan talks to a psychologist who says we need to revolutionise the way we parent.

China has protested over the Dalai Lama’s presence at a public event attended by US president Barack Obama, saying America was exploiting the issue of Tibet for political purposes.

China has protested over the Dalai Lama’s presence at a public event attended by US president Barack Obama, saying America was exploiting the issue of Tibet for political purposes.

How diet can reduce your gallstone risk, writes Lisa Salmon.

January can be a depressing month, but that doesn’t mean you have to be. Exercise, talking with friends, a good night’s sleep and gratitude for small things all improve mood, writes Clodagh Finn

THOUGH just over a debilitating chest infection, singer-song writer Eddi Reader is full of the joys of life and music.

Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama appears to be an unlikely booking for the bill of this summer’s Glastonbury Festival.

Retired Archbishop Desmond Tutu has cancelled travel plans for the rest of the year so he can undergo new treatment for prostate cancer, it has been announced.

Ancient sacred Buddha relics said to have mysterious energy and healing properties are to go on public display in Cork for the first time — all thanks to a non-Buddhist.

The Tibetan Plateau has an average elevation of 14,800 feet. Ben Nevis, the highest point in the British Isles, is 4,406 feet. Needless to say, most of us would struggle living in Tibet.

A former banker who turned to God hopes to help people find the true meaning of life and happiness at a ‘festival of silence’ on an island off Cork.

Brendan Courtney is having a big fashion moment. He has just launched an app, frockadvisor, with his business partner Sonia Lennon.

FRANKIE KNUCKLES RIP: House music fans around the world are mourning the passing this week of Frankie Knuckles, a man who had such a hand in the development of the genre.

Banning slaughter methods in which cows and other animals have their throats slit while sensate is good.

A James Bond Dr No film poster with amendments by the Irish censor, including a dress superimposed on Ursula Andress — who is clad in a bikini in the original, is at Whyte’s tomorrow (€600-€800).

President Barack Obama granted an audience to Tibet’s Dalai Lama yesterday over the strong objections from China that the US was meddling in its affairs.

Growing up, I actually wanted to be a jockey.

The Dalai Lama will not attend memorial services for fellow Nobel Peace Prize laureate Nelson Mandela in South Africa, where he has twice been unable to obtain a visa.

Nelson Mandela worked his magic once more yesterday, uniting friends and foes alike in a global outpouring of grief as they mourned the death of the anti-apartheid icon.