Sixty years ago, John Fitzgerald Kennedy and his brother Bobby ran what is considered to be the most innovative Presidential campaign ever.

The bullet that killed President John F Kennedy in November, 1963 has never stopped travelling. Ever since that fateful day in Dallas there have been dozens of theories about who was responsible for his death.

THE inaugural Cork Podcast Festival takes place in various venues on October 11-13.

Tragedies don’t dim the desire of each generation of the Kennedys to leave a mark on politics, writes Bette Browne.

Any death in custody raises suspicions, but Jeffrey Epstein’s jail cell suicide does much more.

In a world almost jaded by innovation, it is difficult to convey the awe, the shuddering excitement, the sense of possibility — and the victory for God-on-our-side capitalism, too —provoked by the first moon landing, 50 years ago today. It was, even on flickering, black-and-white televisions, simply jaw-dropping.

Least Like The Other at the Galway International Arts Festival provides an intense musical take on the life of Rosemary Kennedy, writes Cathy Desmond

Johnson is in the middle of a messy marital breakup and this has had no effect on his following, writes Terry Prone.

"(Donald Trump) told me: 'You don’t have to be the smartest man in the room, you just need to be smart enough to hire someone smarter than you."

Members of the US political dynasty the Kennedys are to visit Ireland to open an exhibition about the late Dot Tubridy, who was a family friend.

My first memory of making things was when my grandfather taught me how to knit.

I’VE been most unhappy about the unseasonably warm weather this October — thank you, climate change, writes Louise O’Neill.

Martin McDonagh’s The Lonesome West is practically a period piece now, portraying an Ireland where cheaply-framed pictures of the Pope and JFK still hang on the yellowed walls, a packet of Tayto costs 17p and the local priest drops by to sip poitín at the kitchen table.

Do you remember the first time?

Do your weeks go by in a blur? Denis Lehane has the answer.

It is more than half a century since our relationship with America reached peak sycophancy. Just months before he was assassinated, John F Kennedy spent four days in Ireland.

THERE is a scene in the 2007 low-brow, crooks-spooks-and-assassins film Shooter when Levon Helm, a decent actor but a great musician, assures lead actor Mark Wahlberg that the 1963 Kennedy assassination was a conspiracy involving a platoon of assassins. 

Before Liveline goes on air each day I wash my hands, look at myself in the mirror, and say two words: ‘Libel’, and ‘entertainment’.

Your home viewing entertainment wrap for the week ahead, with Des O’Driscoll.

Des O’Driscoll with the latest entertainment news and events

Marc Copland brings his gentle playing style to Cork at the weekend, writes Philip Watson

Cork actor Aidan O’Hare won’t be just rooting for his Jackie co-star on Sunday, says Esther McCarthy.

THE widow of Irish and Munster rugby legend, Anthony "Axel" Foley, collected a Lifetime Achievement award, Wednesday, in recognition of his service to sport, four months after his sudden death.

Jackie 4/5

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.

Your letters, your views...

Trump’s election has continued a trend in the US of dumbing down political life that has pushed the country down a perilous path, writes Nina Khrushcheva.

The leaves are still clinging to the trees but if you were walking down Cork’s South Mall yesterday, there was a sense of it: Christmas. It’s coming.

 

1. Marilyn Monroe memorabilia on display

Just 23, and still living at home with his mum, Al Porter has become one of Ireland’s biggest comedic talents. After lunch with him, Marjorie Brennan understands why.