Fancy going to Paris or Spain for the weekend? They might be closer than you think. 

Egyptian Christians have buried their dead a day after suicide bombers from the so-called 'Islamic State' group killed at least 45 people in co-ordinated attacks targeting Palm Sunday services in two cities.

No other republican could have done what Martin McGuinness did while sharing power, former Northern Ireland first minister Peter Robinson has said.

Orangemen and nationalist residents who struck a breakthrough deal to resolve Northern Ireland's most volatile parading dispute have said they are committed to working in a spirit of genuine respect toward a common, peaceful and shared future.

A vicar has appealed for help online by posting a picture of a man he found in his home shortly before discovering his late wife's jewellery was missing.

A general election candidate, who was told by his parish priest that he could no longer read at Mass due to his stance on abortion, will meet his bishop and parish priest tomorrow.

Clergy and gardaí have renewed appeals to the parents of a baby girl, whose body was found at a recycling plant last week and laid to rest yesterday, to come forward.

A young Irish nun killed in the earthquake in Ecuador was an inspirational example of womanhood, mourners at her funeral service have been told.

A man has been charged with the murder of a teenager in England.

ENGLAND: A Church of England vicar was named ‘funeral celebrant of the year’ at the Good Funeral Awards.

Three members of the Travelling community who discovered the bodies of Thomas Ruttle and Julia Holmes during a break-in to the Ruttle home early on Monday are expected to be charged with attempted burglary.

It was built in the 1920s in the Spanish Mission style, topped by one of those red clay tile roofs so popular in South Florida back then. 

On Saturday, just as Sinn Féin’s long-standing president Gerry Adams was preparing his keynote ard fheis speech, senator Kathryn Reilly rushed to the stage to make two key announcements.

A Church of England vicar has apologised after being criticised for posting a link to an internet article blaming Israel for the September 11 terror attacks.

The green light has been given for the restoration of the derelict former home of maths genius George Boole, the father of modern computer science.

Shocked parishioners have said prayers at a church where their vicar is under arrest for murdering a baby.

Shocked parishioners have said prayers at a church in England where their vicar is under arrest for murdering a baby.

BETWEEN 1914 and 1915, the Jewish Czech writer, Franz Kafka, wrote the mesmerising novel, The Trial.

A bunch of green balloons were released into the sky as a community, "bereft of words", laid to rest one of its youngest, two-year-old David Roche, who died last Sunday.

A pupil has died at a Scottish school after an internal wall collapsed on top of her.

A memorial service will be held today for the 10 people who died in the Clutha helicopter crash.

A former Church of England priest jailed for child sex abuse dating back more than 25 years has been banned from ministerial practice for life.

Tipperary manager Eamon O’Shea has backed calls for chaplains to become part of inter-county backroom teams.

Retired Archbishop Desmond Tutu will join scores of dignitaries from around the world tomorrow for the funeral of Nelson Mandela.

A bomb that exploded outside a busy restaurant in Belfast city centre following a misleading telephone warning could have killed or maimed festive revellers, a police commander has said.

It took years of hard and often fractious negotiations before the gun was finally taken out of politics in the North.

TSB will become Britain’s eighth biggest high street bank when it is re-launched today as a standalone brand 18 years after disappearing when it merged with Lloyds.

TSB will become Britain’s eighth biggest high street bank in the UK when it is re-launched next week as a standalone brand 18 years after disappearing when it merged with Lloyds.

Superintendent Ian John has insisted that police still hope to find missing five-year-old April Jones alive.

Hundreds of people turned out to pay their respects today as an emotional service took place for missing five-year-old April Jones.

A team-mate of tragic rugby star Nevin Spence has told an emotional memorial service that he was the epitome of all that is good in the game.

The Unification Church said the Reverend Sun Myung Moon’s condition has worsened and he will be moved to a church-owned hospital near his home.

Rare unpublished letters written by Chronicles of Narnia author CS Lewis have been donated to a university in his native Belfast.

The Dean of Christchurch Cathedral in Dublin has appealed again to the person or persons who stole the heart of St Laurence O'Toole over the weekend, to return it.

A DIRECT-MAIL solicitation for Ron Paul’s political and investment newsletters two decades ago warned of a “coming race war in our big cities” and of a “federal homosexual cover-up” to play down the impact of AIDS.

Dr Conrad Murray should get a lenient sentence in relation to Michael Jackson's death because he has never drunk alcohol or smoked, according to his mother.

The Bishop of London today backed legal measures that could lead to anti-capitalist demonstrators being evicted from their camp outside St Paul’s.

History has been made at the Sinn Féin Ard Fheis tonight as the first Protestant clergyman from the North has addressed the party.

TODAY may be July 12 but the only Orange march in the Republic has already taken place — and the organisation aims to open lodges as far south as Bandon in west Cork.

THE SISTERS of Our Lady of Charity, who ran a Magdalene laundry in North Dublin, received thousands of pounds from numerous wills and legacies from the 1920s through to the 1970s, documentation shows.