A James Bond Dr No film poster with amendments by the Irish censor, including a dress superimposed on Ursula Andress — who is clad in a bikini in the original, is at Whyte’s tomorrow (€600-€800).

THE uniquely-labelled Cork Regency mirror featured on this page last week, the Cork clock and the tile pictures of King William of Orange and his Queen, are amongst the lots from the Fort William collection generating huge interest.

The success of today’s Gay Pride parade in Belfast has been hailed as a call for a more tolerant and equal society in the North.

A controversial gay-rights activist has sparked anger in the North by claiming that King William of Orange, a unionist hero, had male lovers.

The meeting yesterday between Taoiseach Bertie Ahern and First Minister Ian Paisley at the site of the Battle of the Boyne was of deep historical and symbolic significance.

THE Battle of the Boyne site will today witness another milestone in Irish history as Ian Paisley makes his inaugural visit to the Republic as the North’s First Minister.

Ian Paisley today hit out at claims that he will be boosting Bertie Ahern’s troubled election campaign when the pair visit the site of the Battle of the Boyne later this week.