Prince Charles has expressed regret over lives lost during the troubles, Taoiseach Enda Kenny and former Taoiseach Bertie Ahern will appear before the banking inquiry, Gerarrd says Coutinho is the next big thing after award success and US politician has condemned a rape scene in Game of Thrones, branding it as ’disgusting’. These are some of the latest and most read news stories on irishexaminer.com this morning.

The Prince of Wales has expressed regret over lives lost in the Troubles, Sinn Féin president Gerry Adams has said.

The Prince of Wales has landed in Ireland for a four-day visit and a historic meeting with Sinn Féin president Gerry Adams.

Britain’s Prince of Wales begins an emotional trip to the west of Ireland today where his great-uncle Louis Mountbatten was assassinated by the IRA.

A rescuer who pulled bodies from the water following Lord Mountbatten’s assassination has said the murder site should be known for the joy it brought the royals, not just the horror.

IT seems pointless, and probably wrong too, to try to establish a hierarchy of atrocity inflicted on this small island during the three decades of terror that preceded the Good Friday peace agreement.

Molly Sterling represents Ireland in the Eurovision semi-final on Thursday.

Two gardaí, one who became a double world champion road bowler and the other who once guarded Lord Mountbatten, have been honoured by their communities following their retirements.

Brewer Guinness was prepared to drop associations with Ireland and promote itself as an English company during the Falklands crisis, state papers have revealed.

Brewer Guinness was prepared to drop associations with Ireland and promote itself as an English company in the 1980s because of the IRA bombing campaigns, state papers have revealed.

Bookmakers will be taking flurries of bets on what the duke and duchess of Cambridge will choose to call the eagerly anticipated new prince or princess.

While it has been claimed that Queen Elizabeth is not “in the business of doing deals”, she is being widely credited with clinching the historic meeting with Sinn Féin.

Former US president Bill Clinton has hailed the political significance of next week’s meeting between the Queen of England and Sinn Féin’s Martin McGuinness.

THE day Earl Mountbatten of Burma died was “one of the darkest days in modern Irish history” and a day of shame, a 30th anniversary memorial service in Mullaghmore, Co Sligo, was told yesterday.

Today is the 25th anniversary of one of the bloodiest days of the Northern Troubles.

MALCOLM Macarthur is back in the news with the report that the Parole Board has recommended that he be moved to an open prison pending his release, as the board feels that he is no danger to society.