I agree with John Bellew ( Letters, February 5) that the actions of ISIS by their “vile and brutal murder of Jordanian pilot Muath al-Kaseasbeh … have nothing to do with religion, but, rather, are about power, control and egotism”.

FOR some, it happens once in a lifetime; for others it’s five times a day.

Pope John Paul and Pope Benedict XVI were incompetent theologians even though they had doctoral degrees in theology.

BEHIND brand Rebecca Storm are two leading players: front of house is Rebecca the dazzling singer with a string of hit musical hits — Blood Brothers, Evita and Les Miserables — to her name and backstage is her husband/musical director Kenny Shearer.

THE 24th Cork French Film Festival begins on Sunday (Mar 3).

SATURDAY

Tánaiste Eamon Gilmore has again defended Health Minister James Reilly’s decision to add two sites in his constituency to a list of locations for primary care centres.

Carl Theodor Dreyer’s 1928 biopic of the French heroine ranks as one of the best films ever made, says Pádraic Killeen

It’s time a new generation of Irish women discovered more about this inspiringrole model, politician and activist, writes Linda Kelly

IS Eamon Dunphy grateful to Gay Mitchell? He should be. He should be SO grateful. There Dunphy was yesterday, in the Newstalk studios, having been turned down by a bunch of presidential hopefuls he had invited onto the programme.

THE slack subediting at the London ‘Telegraph’ did at least encapsulate the slightly mixed feelings about United’sshowing at the Hawthorns.

What are the three things you can’t live without?

Dan Buckley meets Jennifer Sleeman, who is galvanising Irish Catholic women to make their voices heard by a church that does not appreciate their anger.

A RIB bone and a piece of cloth supposedly recovered after Joan of Arc was burned at the stake are probably not hers, according to experts trying to unravel one of the mysteries surrounding the 15th century French heroine.

Swathed in jewels and bathed in the spotlight, Elizabeth Taylor made a rare but regal public appearance to dedicate the new UCLA Clinical AIDS Research and Education Centre.

French football league president Frederic Thiriez believes the hype surrounding the announcement of the next national team manager must not overshadow the rebuilding job the new man has in front of him.