As Nicky Byrne urges us to “Just touch who you wanna, Kiss who you gotta”, Billy O’Riordan looks back at the weird and wonderful lyrics of Eurovision from the past 61 years

Generations of lovebirds have picked out engagement and wedding rings there, but now Hilser Bros jewellers on Grand Parade is to close its doors after 155 years in business in Cork City centre.

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You’ll have a tough job finding much worth watching on the regular networks this evening — perhaps this double bill of repeats from Game of Thronesseason two will keep you entertained.

A leading global travel guide has named Kerry as the second best destination in Europe for family holidays, trailing Kent in England.

IT’S not really until you experience Central and Eastern Europe up close that you can fully understand the cause and effects of centuries of warfare.

The beauty of a river cruise, even a three-day one, is that you get to see everything various cities have to offer and, as Hilary Fennell discovered, you only need to unpack once

A fire has destroyed a camel farm in the Black Forest region of south-western Germany, killing 86 animals and causing up to €2m in damage.

A fire broke out yesterday at a workshop for disabled people in southwestern Germany, killing 14 and injuring at least six others, authorities said.

A fire at a workshop for disabled people in Germany has killed 14 and injured at least six others.

IT’S THE weekend, I’m scoured, showered and powdered, rightly dickied up for dinner, but I don’t quite know where to settle for my pre-prandial libation in Sandbrook House, a fine old country home built back in the early 1700s on the Carlow-Wicklow border.

AN open-air dancing extravaganza featuring Michael Flatley’s Lord of the Dance is to take place at the Cliffs of Moher in September.

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A woman opened fire in a hospital in Germany’s Black Forest today, killing at least one person and wounding several others, before fatally shooting herself, German officials said.

The head of the German Bishops Conference apologised today for incidents of sexual abuse by a Roman Catholic priest two decades ago in the Freiburg diocese.

A Northern Ireland woman died and her husband was left seriously injured after the couple crashed while on a motorcycling holiday in Germany.

The Cliffs of Moher have gotten through to the shortlist for the New 7 Wonders of Nature.

Rudi Voller believes Germany are still on course for a place in the quarter-finals of Euro 2004 after being held 0-0 by supposed tournament minnows Latvia at the Estadio do Bessa yesterday.