It took 300 years for the second woman to be initiated into an Irish Freemason lodge, but now it appears the floodgates are to open.

For only the second time ever, a woman has been accepted into an Irish freemason lodge — exactly 300 years after the first.

A horse racing tradition that has endured, and blossomed, since it first took place in north Cork, in 1752, will be re-enacted on Saturday, Oct 13.

Tommy Barker says this property may have gone to the dogs twice, but it has many features to recommend it.

Rose Martin is spellbound by the simple elegance of a home tinged with elements of ancient Irish and Chinese traditions.