Plans for the commemoration of the 1916 Rising will be launched for public consultation in the coming weeks. The Minister for Arts and Heritage, Heather Humphreys, was finalising a draft schedule of events which will be launched after the budget.

I nominate the Minister for Arts and Heritage, Heather Humphreys, to undertake the ice-bucket challenge and get a drenching.

Bank of Ireland is loaning part of its iconic building in Dublin's College Green to the State for ten years.

A building that once housed the 18th century South Presentation Convent and School is to be transformed into a €10m visitor centre and “a sacred space for contemplation” in the heart of Cork City.

Ireland should aim to supply the rest of Europe, especially Britain, with wind energy, which has the potential to create 30,000 jobs here, a leading figure in the industry urged yesterday.

The owner of the wreck of the Lusitania is jetting in to Cork next month for a special event to mark the worldwide launch of a documentary on the ill-fated vessel.

A restored wing of what's been dubbed 'the jewel in the crown' of Ireland's great houses will officially re-open today.