UCC French lecturer Prof Grace Neville recounts how the sinking of the Lusitania shocked France

Historian Gabriel Doherty outlines impacts of the Lusitania sinking, due to be analysed at a seminar in UCC; the following pages feature articles by other conference speakers

Irish commercial diving expert Eoin McGarry has dived on the wreck of the RMS Lusitania more than anyone else alive. Since his first dive on the wreck over 15 years ago, he has spent more time than anyone else in and around its deck, in pitch darkness 90m below the waves some 18km off the Old Head of Kinsale in Cork.

Kya deLongchamps revels in a book which uses fascinating visual material from Irish mansions to illustrate life at that time and the dynastic tales behind the scenes

A small but valuable painting stolen from an Irish art gallery more than 20 years ago is back hanging on its walls after being recovered by detectives.

A small but valuable painting stolen from a Dublin art gallery more than 20 years ago is back hanging on its walls after being recovered by detectives.

A first edition of novel At Swim Two Birds and a copy of the ‘Irish Proclamation’ are among the lots.

Raymond Keaveney’s stewardship of the National Gallery of Ireland has guaranteed its future, says Arts Editor, Marc O’Sullivan

AN AMERICAN multi-millionaire has moved a step closer to realising one of his life’s great ambitions — solving the enduring mystery of the sinking of the Lusitania.

THE Lusitania liner took just under 20 minutes to sink off the coast of Cork 95 years ago this month, but the memory of the devastating loss of over 1,100 people continues to live on in Cobh where remembrance wreaths were placed on mass graves at a cemetery in the town yesterday afternoon.

Eight famous impressionist paintings are going on display today to mark the reopening of Dublin's Hugh Lane Gallery.