Could there be a more appropriate, atmospheric time to launch the sale of Carrigrohane Castle than All Hallows Eve, or Halloween?

Kya deLongchamps considers the emotional and political significance of the Chequers Ring, one of the few surviving objects connected to the very private life of Elizabeth I, Queen of England.

Landmark was not something Elizabeth ‘had ever aspired to’.

Dublin aside, there are more hotel and B&B beds in Killarney than in any other Irish town. It more than deserves its tourism status, says Tony Clayton-Lea.

It is, in a way, an absurdity that two neighbouring island nations should have to engage in tortuous planning and negotiations and no small amount of soul searching simply to organise a state visit.

In response to Fr Butler’s letter (Aug 23) about rebel Cork, and Cork supporting Perkin Warbeck’s claim to the English throne: some four years before Warbeck’s claim, Lambert Simnel also was proclaimed king in Cork, thought by some to be one or other of the princes in the Tower, and was accompanied to London to seize the throne, by the mayor and officials of Cork.

First volume of Margaret Thatcher’s authorised biography is predictably flattering, but not a hagiography, says Shaun Connolly

The Bible should be replaced with a civil oath and witnesses who commit perjury should be prosecuted, a former district judge has suggested.

The Queen’s Christian beliefs were described today as the bedrock of her “duty, devotion and service” to others throughout her 60-year reign.

SO MUCH energy is spent fretting about what we can’t have but probably don’t need. Separating need from desire is the permanent frontline in consumer societies.

THIS is a story about a town divided, and how history isn’t dead, but merely sleeping.

THERE’S nothing like a library for a bit of peace and quiet so after the heavy schedule and diplomatic sensitivities of earlier engagements, busy Lizzie must have been relieved to see the Old Library at Trinity College last on her itinerary.

Joe McNamee profiles a song composed in honour of the visit by Queen Elizabeth II — Come Up To Gurrane Lizzie Windsor

A DESIGN combining Swedish modernism with an English cottage garden, and a display inspired by “Fen tigers” who lived off the landscape, are among the winners of the top awards at this year’s Chelsea Flower Show.

Cate Blanchett gave a regal performance on the red carpet tonight at the premiere of her new film about Queen Elizabeth I.

Hollywood star Cate Blanchett is to attend the premiere of hotly-anticipated new film 'Elizabeth: The Golden Age' in London's Leicester Square.

American actress Scarlett Johansson is to play red-haired monarch Mary, Queen of Scots, it was announced at the Cannes Film Festival in France.

Helen Mirren picked up a best actress gong for Elizabeth I today, as the British drama romped home at the Emmys.

Oscar nominations are announced today, with Rachel Weisz and Dame Judi Dench leading the Brits tipped for places on the shortlist.

A NEW Channel 4 drama about Princess Margaret shows Queen Elizabeth’s late sister in graphic sex scenes and taking drugs, it emerged yesterday.

Controversial historian Dr David Starkey was accused today of “stupid English prejudice” after claiming that Scotland was not important.

A baronet will be bidding to buy back the contents of his own home when they are auctioned by his wealthy mother today.

IT mightn’t be Rudolf and the other reindeer frolicking on the lawn — but white deer with a lineage stretching back 400 years does have a touch of magic about it.

WAR-TIME British prime minister Winston Churchill has been named the greatest Briton of all time in a nationwide poll that attracted well over one million votes.

Winston Churchill is the winner of the BBC's Great Britons poll.