From the Easter Rising in Dublin to the slaughter and carnage of the Battle of the Somme, 1916 was a fateful year in the minds and lives of Irish country house owners.

Members of a Polish family in Tralee suffered terrible consequences when they intercepted a burglar of Russian origin, a sentencing hearing was told.

“You ain’t Barack and Michelle Obama".

From the mop-top of The Beatles and the flowing locks of the Rolling Stones, to the short-back-and-sides of the MTV and Facebook generation — he’s cut and styled them all.

1. Hubert Book Binding: To celebrate Cork Craft Month, here’s an interesting website from one of its members.

Behind every great man, there is supposedly a great woman.

Glenn Close is tipped for an Oscar nomination for her role as an Irishwoman who dresses as a man to get work, says Helen Barlow

TED KENNEDY was both the most loved and one of most hated and divisive politicians in the United States. Republicans frequently depicted him as the embodiment of evil and amorality, as well as a relic of the self-indulgent liberalism of the 1960s.

A WONDER goal in time added on means that it’s Belgium, and not the Republic of Ireland, who will go through to the final of the U23 International Challenge Trophy.

Republic of Ireland U23s 1 Belgium U23s 2

Anyone wondering why Paris exploded into ethnic rioting last year should look no further than La Haine Ultimate Edition (Optimum, €29.99).

ST AIDAN, because he is said to have miraculously saved a stag from hounds, is invoked as protector of hunted animals - his emblem is a stag.