As 'Jackie' opens in cinemas, Ed Power looks at her love of and visits to Ireland.

Des O’Driscoll shares his tips for the week ahead

Here’s a briefing on some of the stories and issues highlighted on irishexaminer.com today

Good afternoon. Here’s all the news you need to know this lunchtime.

Natalie Portman tells Helen Barlow about her Oscar-tipped role as Jackie Kennedy in the days after JFK was killed.

There is a long history of the CIA briefing presidents-elect on foreign policy. Donald Trump has rebuffed the agency’s advice. Tim Weiner asks why

James Hicks cabinets and a 1969 portrait by Maurice Desmond are among the lots, writes Des O’Sullivan.

While Fassbender and Vikander started their own real life romance on the film and they aren't the only new loves who will be in Venice.

The only sure thing is that Bill will be the most powerful first spouse in American history. And very possibly the most destructive, writes Nina Burleigh

First lady Melania Trump.

Taylor Swift, Naomi Campell, Lindsay Lohan and Jennifer Lopez all pay their respects to the fashion designer.

Former homeless people are acting as tour guides in Barcelona, showing visitors a unique and alternative view of the city, reports Nicky Sullivan

Some of the collection of letters written by Jackie Kennedy to an elderly Irish priest — recently withdrawn from auction — should be handed back to the Kennedy family, her niece said.

Dromina House is set in Woodstown, linked in the past Jackie Kennedy and John Profumo. Tommy Barker says spacious home is in good decorative order.

An expert on rare books has consented to permanent orders restraining him representing himself as the owner or seller of letters sent by former US first lady Jackie Kennedy to an Irish priest, or passing on any copies or extracts from them to third parties.

The Dublin college whose auction of Jackie Kennedy letters, with a potential €3m value, had to be shelved this week has blamed funding and enrolment limits on a sudden decision to close.

A 172-year-old college at the centre of controversy over the sale of secret letters penned by Jacqueline Kennedy is to shut down.

Secret letters from Jacqueline Kennedy to an Irish priest have been pulled from a controversial auction sale.

Secret letters from Jacqueline Kennedy to an Irish priest have been pulled from a controversial auction sale.

Copies of the letters written by the late Jackie Kennedy to a priest are to be kept under lock and key at the Four Courts.

A High Court judge has granted temporary injunctions preventing a rare books expert from representing himself as the owner of letters to an Irish priest written by President John F Kennedy’s wife, Jackie.

Jacqueline Kennedy’s letters to an elderly priest reveal a delightful person, according to Philip Sheppard, the auctioneer charged with selling them.

Celebrating ten years in existence, the Cork World Book Fest (April 22-26), organised by Cork City Library and Triskel Christchurch, is one of the city’s most popular cultural events.

The stunning suit worn by Jackie Kennedy the day her husband was shot dead in Dallas came from the hands of a Cork-born seamstress, reports Colette Sheridan

John F Kennedy was remembered as a transcendent leader of a rising nation at a ceremony in Dallas last night, the 50th anniversary of his assassination.

PRESIDENT John F Kennedy was assassinated 50 years ago today. The day after the assassination, an invitation was sent to the 37th Cadet Class of the Irish Defence Forces by Kennedy’s widow, Jackie, to perform a drill at his funeral in Washington.

Cliff Robertson, PT 109, 1963.

Please find a small selection of images which capture the life and times of America's youngest ever president, a man who in living changed the world and whose death left an indelible mark on all those who lived through it.

Fifty years ago JFK was shot in Dallas. The man assigned to protect the president’s wife, Jackie, tells Tim Teeman why he felt he failed in his duty.

Marilyn Monroe, who notoriously had an affair with John F Kennedy, apparently believed she was going to marry the president, even phoning the White House to tell his wife.

THE Performance Corporation is renowned for staging its theatre productions in adventurous places — in medieval dungeons, amongst sand dunes, even on a small rowboat. For its latest, most adventurous trick, it’s staging a three-day festival in Ireland’s only palace — Castletown House on the outskirts of Celbridge, Co Kildare.

Rob Lowe is set to play JFK in a TV movie marking the 50th anniversary of the assassination of the president in 1963.

THE LAUNCH of Oscar de la Renta’s new bridal fragrance in New York last month was a modest affair, unremarkable even, in that the scent was predictably lovely, the bottle predictably elegant and the Perrier-Jouët champagne predictably moreish, at least for the handful who indulged.

His once groundbreaking work may have become commonplace but a new exhibition shows Warhol still has a capacity to surprise, writes Alan O’Riordan

Forrest Fenn, a real-life Indiana Jones, has spent his life digging for artifacts and treasure all around the world. Somewhere in the mountains north of Santa Fe, the 82-year-old has buried a small antique chest. Inside is €1m of his treasure — and he wants you to find it. Are you up for an adventure? Tony Dokoupil joins the hunt

FRANK GILES, an editor of The Sunday Times during the ’80s wrote: “The welcome at Russborough was invariably warm. Alfred and Clem, warned no doubt by the sound of the Jaguar’s tyres on the gravel, would be at the ready in the great hall, genuinely delighted by the sight of their guests.”

Natalie Portman is set to play Jackie Kennedy in a new drama movie.

The decade that saw Ireland relax after years of austerity is celebrated in a new book of photographs, writes Jo Kerrigan

CAROLINE Kennedy says her daughters were “horrified” by Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis’ old-fashioned view of the role of women in interviews released this week.

SECRET interviews with President John F Kennedy’s wife claim he ominously warned his assassination would protect his legacy about a year before his death.

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