Vanessa Emme is an Irish-Filipina actress currently based in London. She plays Helena Charles in John

Derek McGrath had a number five inked on his hand for Sunday’s All-Ireland semi-final, the number of the suspended Tadhg de Búrca. The Irish Examiner picks out five aspects of McGrath’s character that make him stand out as a modern manager...

BEST BACKPACKS: The back to school range at Little Ones in Ennis includes beautifully illustrated backpacks and lunchbags from Crocodile Creek. 

A rare first edition of James Joyce’s Ulysses sold yesterday in Dublin for almost €10,000.

Little Green Cars’ second album looks set to reinforce their status as one of the best bands in Ireland, writes Ed Power

You might expect hefty Russian tome War And Peace to be the book that people are most likely to have lied about reading. 

A designer-turned-author has won a prestigious literary prize, overcoming competition from Harper Lee.

Harbour pilot Ciaran Monks helps guide the Royal Princess into Cobh on the new series of Cork Mega Port on TV3.

Like the idea of being well read but can’t face actually reading the book?

Here are five of the best things from the Irish arts scene to do this week.

We know this much so far about Harper Lee’s new book: Atticus Finch is 72 and suffering from rheumatoid arthritis; Scout is a grown woman who has a suitor most anxious to marry her.

More than 80% of the public want wider access to abortion to be made available in Ireland; Brian Cowen said he never breached the public’s trust when he was taoiseach; More than 400 jobseekers were interviewed for just 60 positions at the country’s newest McDonald’s restaurant. Here’s this morning’s irishexaminer.com catch-up.

Harper Lee isn’t the only author who wrote a worldwide bestseller yet decided not to try to repeat that success. Brian Moss and Lorraine Murphy look at other members of this elite club

Next week, Harper Lee will break a 55-year silence when she publishes her second ever book. Marjorie Brennan still finds inspiration in ‘To Kill a Mocking Bird’ and Harper Lee herself after all these years

Harper Lee’s publishers have offered readers a glimpse of her new novel as they unveiled the cover for the long-awaited follow-up to the bestselling To Kill A Mockingbird.

GEORGE Best is sitting up in a hotel bed with a gorgeous blonde beside him, when the waiter arrives with a bottle of vintage champagne. The waiter looks at the former soccer star and asks: “George, where did it all go wrong?”

Alabama investigators have responded to a claim of possible elder abuse related to the upcoming publication of the second novel by Harper Lee, the 88-year-old author of To Kill a Mockingbird, the New York Times reported.

Author Harper Lee has said she is “happy as hell” about the publication of a sequel to her bestseller To Kill A Mockingbird after concerns were raised about the extent of her involvement in the project.

The Bible, Charles Darwin’s The Origin Of Species and Stephen Hawking’s A Brief History Of Time have been named as the books which have had the greatest impact on the modern world.

The reclusive author of To Kill a Mockingbird says she never gave her approval to a new memoir that portrays itself as a rare, intimate look into the lives of the writer and her older sister in small-town Alabama.

USA: A French tourist listened to her heart when she offered her pizza to a man spotted rummaging through rubbish in the streets of New York, not realising it was Hollywood star Richard Gere making a movie-

Mullingar's most famous export since Joe Dolan turns 20 today. But what do you get for the boy who has everything?

To Kill A Mockingbird author Harper Lee has settled a New York lawsuit against two of the defendants she sued in May to re-secure the copyright to her Pulitzer Prize-winning novel.

Dublin’s film festival mixes star power with an impressive roster of movies, says Pádraic Killeen

IN 1961 Nelle Harper Lee, ‘the Jane Austen of Southern Alabama’, won a Pulitzer Prize for her novel To Kill a Mockingbird.

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Katy Harrington says Beyoncé’s daughter’s moniker is just the latest in a long tradition of offbeat choices by famous parents.

DUBLIN 4’s best-loved Celtic Tiger cub Ross O’Carroll Kelly’s latest adventure has been crowned the country’s all-time favourite book.

Sales of 'To Kill a Mockingbird' have more than doubled over the weekend after David Beckham announced it inspired their daughter's name - Harper Seven.

CRADLED in the arms of her parents, Harper Seven Beckham looks blissfully unaware she is already one of the most famous babies in the world as the first photos of her are released.

Cradled in the arms of her parents, Harper Seven Beckham looks blissfully unaware she is already one of the most famous babies in the world as the first photos of her are released to the public.

David Beckham has explained why he and his wife Victoria decided to call their baby daughter Harper Seven.

THE Beckhams have added to their roll-call of exotically named children with latest addition Harper Seven.

Friends have congratulated David and Victoria Beckham after they became parents for the fourth time – to daughter Harper Seven.

The Beckhams have added to their roll-call of exotically named children with latest addition Harper Seven.

HARPER LEE, the tight-lipped author of To Kill a Mockingbird, has issued a statement through her sister’s law firm saying that she had nothing to do with a forthcoming book written about her by a former Chicago Tribune reporter.