A Rolls Royce Silver Ghost which was buried in Co Cork by the IRA following a series of audacious attacks is being lovingly restored and is set to be brought back to the Rebel county.

IRISH individuals have a particularly proud record in the Olympics.

Writer Samuel Beckett abandoned Ireland in 1937, but his birthplace informed his work, says Alan Graham

If there ever is a posthumous Olympic medal awarded for intransigence, then the ghost of David George Brownlow Cecil Burghley, sixth marquess of Exeter, gold medal winner at the 1928 Olympics and chairman of the organising and executive committees of the 1948 London Games, will surely float on the podium.

Aer Lingus is celebrating 75 years in the air next Friday. Pól Ó Conghaile looks at the special role the iconic airline has played in the history of the state

THE country might be in the grips of a recession but, for the next week, art lovers will be given a rare opportunity to look at a more pleasant image of Ireland.

THE launch of the Dublin 1911 census website by the National Archives of Ireland earlier this week was the first stage in a project that will ultimately result in the full digitisation and indexing of the 1901 and 1911 census records, accompanied by a wealth of historical writing and visual material to help place the records in their proper historical context.

DANCING dogs and 20 new canine breeds are attracting a record number of people to the Dog Show in Dublin.