A set of chairs that Michael Collins gave to one of his sisters as a wedding gift is up for grabs in a Cork auction tomorrow.

A convicted sex offender accused of murdering two young sisters who disappeared from a Maryland shopping centre is expected to plead guilty to the crime that has haunted the area for more than 40 years.

The Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has promised to push for LGBT rights in Ireland and around the world in his speech at the Dublin Pride Parade today.

Dublin City University has suspended the email account of a retired staff member who sent an ‘offensive’ message in response to the death of Ann Louise Gilligan, wife of Children’s Minister Katherine Zappone.

What an episode.

Thinking of the cinema this week. Declan Burke reviews  Fences, Hidden Figures and The Great Wall.

The crisis facing the Government over its handling of false allegations of child sex abuse against Sgt Maurice McCabe is set to deepen as Fianna Fáil leader Micheál Martin meets the whistleblower today.

Justice Minister Frances Fitzgerald was accused of throwing a Cabinet colleague “under the bus” and of not being “credible”, after denying she had knowledge about a file on a Garda whistleblower.

If Caitlyn Jenner can pick her new name as an adult, why not us ordinary mortals too, asks Nuala Woulfe

 

DEBUT novelist Emma Green’s foray into literary science fiction focuses on Katherine ‘Kit’ North, a 19-year-old who projects her consciousness into animals for research purposes.

We're not sure he has the lingo down just yet.

Gardaí are asking for the public's help in finding a woman who has been missing for more than a week.

Reclusive Irish twin brothers who died within weeks of each other in London are to be buried separately.

The Witch 5/5

A pensioner who stole over €100,000 by using her sister’s social welfare card to fraudulently collect her benefits for 12 years has been remanded on bail pending sentence in June.

THE central theme of Rupert Thomson’s haunting novel is how we shape our identity, and ultimately our destiny.

A woman has been jailed in the UK for attempting to murder her husband by spiking his cherry Lambrini with anti-freeze on Christmas Day.

John Meagher meets Katherine Zappone and Ann Louise Gilligan, the women who sparked the debate for marriage equality when they fought to have their Canadian union recognised.

Kya deLongchamps considers the emotional and political significance of the Chequers Ring, one of the few surviving objects connected to the very private life of Elizabeth I, Queen of England.

Check out our guide to the best of tonight’s TV.

THREE years after Vogue’s editor-in-chief Alexandra Shulman made her debut with the publication of Can We Still Be Friends? her second serving of fiction has arrived. 

Your spoiler-free guide to tonight's TV programmes.

As the sun shines down on the rebel county, thousands of Corkonians are getting ready for one of this summer’s premier musical highlights — José Carreras and Katherine Jenkins, in concert with the City of Cork Symphony Orchestra.

Jose Carreras and Katherine Jenkins have opened up about their visit to Cork, their upcoming concert, and why they might be visiting the Blarney Stone.

After the yeses come the I dos.

A man walked into his wife’s hospital room on Tuesday, fatally shot her, and then killed himself — a murder-suicide he foretold in a candid and emotional Facebook posting to friends and family.

I think I was born for singing. At the age of 11 I had already sung a role in the Opera House of Barcelona.

Opera legend José Carreras has promised a magical midsummer night when he performs his first concert in Cork next year.

Arnold Schwarzenegger and Maria Shriver's divorce is set to be finalised in December.

Ghost Moth

DANIEL RADCLIFFE has revealed he is on blood pressure medication.

Katherine Parkinson doesn't want to ruin 'The IT Crowd's' legacy.

Form an orderly queue, everyone.

BRITISH poet and author Blake Morrison has earned a strong international reputation for his work, wining a string of literary awards along the way.

Screen star Eli Wallach, whose huge list of credits include classic westerns The Magnificent Seven and The Good, The Bad And The Ugly, has died at the age of 98.

Debbie Rowe is furious with Michael Jackson's brothers for accusing her of abandoning her children for money.

Michael Jackson's ex-wife wants guardianship of their children.

Hugh Jackman's stalker has been released from jail.

Katherine Kelly has given birth to a baby girl.