The 19th century Cork artist, Daniel MacDonald, was the only painter brave enough to paint the Famine as it was happening, and Professor Niamh O’Sullivan is appealing to people in the Cork area to scour their attics for his valuable work.

The focus of the vast majority of the golfing world may be on the Open Championship instead of the True South Classic, but this week’s PGA Tour event can at least boast four major champions in the field.

Bushfires destroyed the set of popular TV soap Home and Away today as searing summer temperatures wreaked havoc around Australia’s biggest city.

Disinfecting stations are being set up on main roads surrounding Scotland's foot-and-mouth hotspot as part of heightened measures to contain the outbreak.