Independent senator Pádraig Ó Céidigh will decide whether to run for the presidency after the Eighth Amendment referendum. He has been offered financial aid for a campaign that could cost half a million euro.

Just two-in-five farmers wear sun screen.

Padraig MacLochlainn, Jerry Buttimer, and Michael McNamara are among the failed Dáil candidates putting their names forward for the Seanad. 

In hindsight, maybe they should have just asked for Dáil translation headphones.

Sino-Irish relations may go back as far as the mysterious ‘Chinese Celts’, but Bette Browne says there is room to improve modern ties to the newly crowned biggest economy in the world

The Government has pledged an extra €2m to assist South Sudanese refugees in Ethiopia, following a renewed intensity of violence there.

The planned attendance of members of the British Royal family at the centenary commemorations of the 1916 Rising has excited comment and opposition, not least from Fergus Finlay (Opinion, April 15).

I was looking forward to the gala concert at the Royal Albert Hall, as the finale of President Michael D Higgins’ visit to Britain. How disappointed I was.

I was five when I ended a brief dalliance with Bobby Robson’s Ipswich Town, swayed by the history of the Busby Babes, Munich, the Fifth Beatle and The King.

A return to Ireland by Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II is looking increasingly likely after the success of President Michael D Higgins’ visit to London.

Enda Kenny said Queen Elizabeth II or another British royal family member will be welcome to attend the 1916 Easter Rising commemorations and that the event will help mark closer relations between Ireland and Britain.

THE soon-to-be-fulfilled promise of Ireland walking upright from the bailout, beyond the maw of the troika, needs a national song to be celebrated. Sunday, Dec 15 is the day of reckoning; when Ireland regains her sovereignty. Great moments — like good marching — need music, and marching and music are indispensable to civic pride.

“There are many different reasons why a woman would need to have a pregnancy terminated,” says Claire. “I never thought I would be a woman to have a reason to do so, but I was.”

US President Barack Obama’s wife Michelle and their daughters will tour Dublin during the G8 summit.

Eamon Gilmore will today tell world leaders there is an urgent need for an appropriate deal with the European Central Bank on the country’s debt.

Irish creativity in craft and design is flourishing says Carol O’Callaghan and is in high demand internationally

IN an all-Ireland reconciliation move, the Government has signalled it could take part in Belfast’s official ceremonies to mark the battle of the Somme and Remembrance Sunday.

Sabina Higgins has marked her first day as Ireland’s First Lady by supporting the local fashion industry.