The capital’s streets went into lockdown yesterday for the centenary parade, but tourists were still able to make their way to the city’s top attractions.

* My Family is a Zoo by K Gerrard, Illustrated by Emma Dodd (Bloomsbury, €9.00).

Tony Clayton-Lea says we take Dublin for granted – it’s time to revisit the city and see it through the eyes of a tourist.

An online Wellness Workshop to help people battle depression over Christmas and beyond has been launched as support groups advised people to look out for others over Christmas.

A local authority plan to rejuvenate an inner-city area by offering young families the chance to build a six- storey apartment complex on an empty plot of land for a knockdown price has yet to receive any takers.

When Monaco’s reigning monarch Prince Albert married South African Olympic swimmer Charlene Wittstock in 2011, she was invariably referred to in the media as a commoner.

They were singing on the banks of the Lee last night as Cork’s longest-running festival kicked off its diamond jubilee event on a high note.

Carmina Burana promises to be a highlight of the choral festival in Cork, writes Jo Kerrigan.

€620,000 is to be spent on developing a number of tourist attractions in Dublin, which are aimed at international visitors.

Billing itself as a top Waterford city four-star hotel, the modern-build Fitzwilton comes for sale with a €2 million price guide, just in time for the city’s 1100-year anniversary celebrations.

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ARDMORE Studios, which opened its doors as Ireland’s first film studio in May 1958, remains the physical heart of the Irish film industry. Having played host to more than 100 films, the original studios, situated on a 10-acre site, represented an investment of over £500m at the time.

A LONG time ago, I used to drive a group of adults with intellectual disabilities to the Arch Club in Blackrock, on the south side of Dublin.

THE Temple Bar TradFest begins in Dublin this week. Promoted by the Temple Bar Company (an association of traders in the city centre), the acclaimed festival of traditional and folk music will begin on Tuesday and run until Sunday next.

ISN’T it strange how, even if you’re no longer religious, the words of some of the Christmas hymns can still move you?

Mourners at the funeral of Barney McKenna, the last of the original Dubliners, have heard how his memory will be treasured.

Gardaí in Dublin are reiterating their appeal to anyone who may have visited Christ Church Cathedral between last Friday evening and noon yesterday to contact them.

The 12th century preserved heart of St Laurence O'Toole has been stolen from Christ Church Cathedral.

LEGENDARY hellraisers The Dubliners fell unusually silent yesterday when they were upstaged by the Lord’s Prayer.

WHETHER it is nature and wildlife, medieval re-enactments or displays of ancient weaponry, National Heritage Week has all you can ask for.

TEARS were shed in pride and jubilation as President Barack Obama enchanted the nation in a powerful outdoor address.

A virtual tour of leading Dublin attractions is expected to bring tens of thousands more real visitors to the capital.

THERE has been talk about cutting the size of the Dáil and abolishing the Seanad, but nobody seems to have suggested abolishing the Presidency, which is the single most expensive office. How much could be save by abolishing it?

An estimated €250,000 worth of damage has been caused during a break-in at a cathedral in Waterford city.

THE late Seamus Brennan was credited last night with making the arts more accessible to a broader range of people.

THE Bishop of Ferns has compared the suffering of child abuse victims in the diocese to the crucifixion of Christ.

TOM COOPER (Letters, February 14) refers to the the intolerance that has poisoned relations between Christians on this island for generations and polluted the good name of Protestantism.

CARDINAL Desmond Connell’s celebration of his 82nd birthday next month could be marred by his legal wrangle with the man who succeeded him as Archbishop of Dublin.

Dublin’s ancient Christ Church Cathedral is to be transformed with a modern music-and-light display to celebrate Christmas.

A public parade is being held in Dublin today to call for action on climate change.

A MASSIVE redevelopment and rebranding of Waterford’s Viking Triangle and an iconic pedestrian bridge connecting the Clock Tower with the city’s north quays are the centre-pieces of Waterford’s pitch to the Government under the Gateway Innovation Fund.

Archbishop Diarmuid Martin today unleashed a scathing attack on recreational drug users, accusing of them of being inherently connected to gangland violence.

Two women were today ordained as priests in Dublin’s Christ Church Cathedral.

It is hard to understand the mentality of those who have made a fuss over Fr Iggy O’Donovan inviting the Reverend Michael Graham, a Church of Ireland Minister, to join in the celebration of Mass on Easter Sunday.

It is hard to understand the mentality of those who have made a fuss over Fr Iggy O’Donovan inviting the Reverend Michael Graham, a Church of Ireland Minister, to join in the celebration of Mass on Easter Sunday.

AS history shows, few issues have greater potential to cause division and strife among the people of the world than the vexed question of religion.

Church of Ireland Archbishop of Dublin the Most Revd Dr John Neill today urged worshippers to publicly demonstrate their faith.

THE Dean of Cork has been elected the next Bishop of Cashel and Ossory, replacing Bishop Peter Barrett, who resigned in January after separating from his wife, Ann.

A replacement was tonight announced for Peter Barrett, who resigned as Bishop of Cashel and Ossory in January after separating from his wife.

An exhibition showing how people are rebuilding their lives after the Asian tsunami, and how money donated by Irish people has been spent to help them, is opening in Dublin today.

TO anyone of a rational disposition, the sight of old or middle-aged men in bowler hats and orange sashes marching to commemorate a battle fought over 300 years ago seems absurd.