Just about one year ago, the people of Ireland were asked to give more power to the Oireachtas to investigate “matters deemed to be of public importance”.

A WONDERFUL moment in a wonderful play. It’s the point in A Man for All Seasons where Thomas More faces the evidence trumped up against him to get him beheaded and rid Henry VIII of a turbulent priest who will not countenance the monarch divorcing his wife.

Racy period drama 'The Tudors' brings “shame” on the BBC with its “ignorance” of the facts, one of Britain’s best-known historians has claimed.

YOU demur (Editorial, October 29) at the beatification in Rome of the 498 martyrs of the 1936-’39 Spanish civil war.

The first episode of The Tudors, the glossy drama featuring the rampant early life of a “sexy” King Henry VIII, pulled in 3.2 million viewers, the BBC said.

A made-in-Ireland TV series on the tumultuous early years of Henry VIII has clinched two prestigious television awards, it emerged today.

A multi-million euro television drama series about Henry VIII made in Ireland has been nominated for a clutch of prestigious Emmy awards, it was announced today.