Ali Hewson has revealed she uses any spare opportunity with husband Bono to try and persuade him to listen to certain matters of concern before he meets world leaders: “We have the odd bit of pillow talk. We have a board meeting occasionally over breakfast.”

Ninety years ago today, Michael Collins supposedly accepted the surrender of Dublin Castle, but Ryle Dwyer notes that this was really a sly piece of press manipulation

A MAJOR overhaul of land law to make the buying and selling of property quicker and cheaper will be welcomed by the legal profession, it was claimed yesterday.

IRISH Ryder Cup star Padraig Harrington will not discover the results of tests on his ankle and neck until the weekend.