Same sex couples will be able to marry in England and Wales from the stroke of midnight tonight.

When controversy erupted in the mid-1960s over plans for its construction, a revered architectural expert opined that the ESB headquarters which now stands on Dublin’s Fitzwilliam St was only replacing “one damned house after another ... a rubbish uneven series”.

They were the toast of the nation — but now the taxpayer has been left with a €50,000 bill after we raised a glass to Barack Obama, Prince Albert of Monaco, and Queen Elizabeth II.

The grandson of the late Princess Grace of Monaco has been treated in hospital after a brawl in a New York City nightclub.

Prince Albert II of Monaco wished the Government every success tackling economic woes as he strolled through Dublin with his fiancée on a three-day State visit.

Andy Murray may have tasted defeat at the Internazionali BNL d’Italia in Rome yesterday, but the world number four is confident his clay-court game is improving.

The Roman Catholic Church’s opposition to the use of condoms in the fight against Aids is regrettable, Princess Stephanie of Monaco said today on her appointment as goodwill ambassador for the UN Aids agency.

Third seed and last year's runner-up Lleyton Hewitt will begin his quest for the Australian Open title with a first round match against Czech Robin Vik.

De Valera’s funeral left one British diplomat under-whelmed, writes Ryle Dwyer.

Monaco’s Prince Albert II said today he was “set up” for fatherhood by a former flight attendant who claims she had his child.

The prince of Hanover, the sometimes rowdy husband of Monaco’s Princess Caroline, is in a “serious” condition in a hospital with an acute pancreas problem, his office at Monaco’s royal palace says.

Monaco's Prince Rainier has died in hospital, according to media reports.

Prince Albert made his first official appearance since assuming Monaco’s royal powers from his critically ill father, attending Mass for the late Pope John Paul today.

Ailing Pope John Paul has sent a special blessing to Prince Rainier of Monaco, whose health continued to worsen today.

ORGANISERS of the 1973 visit by Princess Grace of Monaco to Ireland feared her stay in Dublin could be disrupted by bomb scares if her accommodation was on the city’s northside.