IMAGINING the Divine: The Holy Family in Art is an exhibition, centred around The Nativity, currently running in the National Gallery of Ireland.

The 2012 auction season is drawing to a close but there are is plenty of art exhibitions to choose from.

GIG WISE: It’s the hottest ticket in town … Dingle town at least, and probably the entire country.

A SPANISH judge has withdrawn from the murder trial of four members of Basque separatist group ETA after an open microphone in court caught her calling them “bastards.”

President Raul Castro has named a new economy minister, and put the outgoing minister in charge of implementing economic reforms that will be hammered out at a Communist Party Congress.

Raul Castro said his government will scale back controls on small businesses, lay off unnecessary workers and allow more self-employment – significant steps in a country where the state dominates nearly every facet of the economy.