As two of Albert Square’s finest move to this country for a new series, Ed Power hears why they hope to make amends for the disastrous visit in the 1990s.

Fáilte Ireland is to spend €500,000 over the next four weeks on an advertising campaign designed to attract British tourists to the stretch of the Wild Atlantic Way from Galway to Donegal.

Kat and Alfie Moon have turned up in Ireland in the first official snap of the Eastenders’ spinoff Redwater.

National Irish Bank is to close its network of 27 branches with the loss of at least 100 jobs, in a response to what the company described as the radically changed Irish banking environment.

National Irish Bank (NIB) is to close its network of 27 branches around the country as part of a major restructuring of its business, it was announced this evening.