Almost every aspect of the First World War and its impact on Ireland will be discussed at a free public conference at University College Cork next week.

In the pantheon of Irish patriots, a higher place might, under different circumstances, have been reserved for James Fintan Lalor.

Turtle Bunbury is inviting you into his family’s stately home, Lisnavagh House, for a one-of-a-kind history festival,says Arlene Harris

IT’S A bestseller in shops across the country, but it seems Dan Brown’s new book, The Lost Symbol, is causing more damage to the book industry than good.

IN this, the age of the iPhone, YouTube and e-book, it is no wonder the traditional print and ink, bound and leather book is suffering.

THE salaries paid to RTÉ’s high-profile broadcasters are a frequent topic of conversation at dinner tables and in pubs all over the country.

Presenter John Kelly will be joining RTÉ’s Lyric FM this autumn in a new afternoon slot, it was confirmed tonight.

AFTER Ryan Tubridy, can RTÉ Radio 1 get any more inane? Well, with its newly announced schedule, it just has.

IT WAS his big chance to impress arts lovers but Taoiseach Bertie Ahern made a dog’s dinner of it by revealing a taste in music to make the critics whimper.