The revival of Mark Cantan’s play about a threesome is a comedy, but the Irish haven’t exactly had fun relationships with troikas, suggests Rita de Brun

The Liar’s Daughter

Experts have used 3D laser imaging to get under the skin of Lord Nelson’s famous ship HMS Victory and help with its future preservation.

Sixteen people were in police custody after hundreds of demonstrators gathered at a London landmark to protest against Margaret Thatcher’s legacy and mark her death with a party.

Sugrue persuaded Ali to come to Dublin, and when the boxer landed, he arrived in a very different country to the Ireland we live in today.

THE statues go first.

THREE young sailors who were aboard tall ships as trainees this summer have given the experience a “thumbs-up” and encouraged others to sign up for next year.

A MEDAL belonging to legendary naval hero Lord Nelson could fetch as much as £500,000 (€600,000) when it is auctioned next month.

More than 12 million Coronation Street fans watched the final moments of one of the soap’s most enduring characters, viewing figures showed today.

THREATS have been made by the Minister for Justice, Mr McDowell, and the gardaí, that Anjem Choudary, who happens to be Muslim, should be prosecuted or investigated for ‘incitement to hatred’.

DERMOT WELD’S Mermaid Island, a costly failure on bad ground at Listowel, made no mistake in the Irish Stallion Farms’ EBF Median Auction Maiden at a sparsely attended Thurles yesterday.

LE LEOPARD, despite the fact the conditions of the contest are against him, gets the nap to take the October Race at Thurles this afternoon.

A three masted tall ship avoided serious damage today when it struck one of the buttresses of Tower Bridge on the River Thames in London.

DERMOT WELD (above) has not enjoyed the best of starts to the flat campaign and currently has only four successes to his name and a strike rate of just 5%.

Frankie Dettori led virtually all the way to land the UAE 1000 Guineas at Nad Al Sheba yesterday in the familiar blue Godolphin colours.

Although a sad occasion, the Queen Mother’s funeral will be a spectacle of pomp and ceremony.

A seascape by Turner which auctioneers had predicted could have become the most expensive work yet by the British artist today failed to find a buyer.

Lennox Lewis continues to insist he is not rattled by Hasim Rahman, but the champion has won the war of words ahead of Saturday’s world heavyweight title rematch in Las Vegas by unanimous decision.

Scientists were today investigating the "significant and unexpected" discovery of what is believed to be an early 19th century time capsule.