The Irish Republic distinguished itself for 40 years with an all-party consensus that paramilitary violence, north and south of the Ulster border, was anathema.

SINCE January 1, 2009 existing buildings for sale or letting are required to have a building energy rating (BER) certificate. A trawl through DAFT.ie and MyHome.ie shows almost no rental properties have BER certificates.

FEW would disagree that our national obsession with all things American normally excludes remembrance of its war of independence and its successful armed struggle against the might of the British empire.

The producers of the television quiz show, ‘Who wants to be a millionaire’ have agreed this evening to re-admit a contestant who disputed an answer that was worth £93,000.

An investigation was under way today after claims that a disputed answer to a question cost a contestant £93,000 on the Irish version of Who Wants to be a Millionaire?