Many a famous face could be spotted shivering their way down the red carpet at this year’s Irish Film and Television Awards, rainclouds and Arctic chills becoming very unwanted guests indeed.

The 1916 commemorations should challenge Irish people to “revisit our conceptions of what constitutes a real republic” and to redouble efforts to achieve the “unfulfilled dreams of our past”, President Michael D Higgins has said.

The IFA’s acting president has described the ongoing debate around salary levels in the organisation as a distraction from its day-to-day operations.

In the weeks leading up to the same-sex marriage referendum a host of celebrities added their voices to the campaign for a yes vote.

The stars are coming out tonight for this year’s Irish Film and Television Awards and Irish Examiner reporter Kelly O’Brien will be on the scene and live blogging from the red carpet from 5pm. 

Climate change makes extreme storms more likely, says scientist

Sharon O’ Reilly-Coates says a feather sculpture in Cork is a thank you to Native American Indians

Business conducted by Irish travel agents is worth €1.5bn annually to the economy, according to Tourism Minister Paschal Donohoe.

The Coalition is pinning its hopes on a revised set of "modest" and "affordable" water charges to take the heat out of public anger over the issue which spilled over into ugly scenes at fractious weekend protests.

The Colombian writer Juan Gabriel Vasquez has won the 2014 Impac Dublin Award for his novel The Sound of Things Falling.

Plans are afoot for Katie Taylor to fight in Cork at the end of the month, as the Olympic champion faces into a year where she hopes to defend her European and World titles.

Food, travel, and education expenses are pushing up the cost of going to college, an Irish League of Credit Unions survey has found.

Donegal manager Jim McGuinness says he is delighted to help new European Ryder Cup captain Paul McGinley ahead of next year’s competition at Gleneagles in Scotland.

All the unedifying disputes about official ceremonies for Ireland’s Olympic team couldn’t take the sheen off the country’s golden girl, Katie Taylor, as she and the other medallists enjoyed an emotional return on their arrival home from London.

JOBSEEKERS can apply to fill any one of 2,000 professional vacancies with 50 leading companies exhibiting at the second annual admission-free Career Zoo at Dublin’s Mansion House on Saturday and Sunday, September 10 and 11.

IT isn’t every day a Government minister gets to become a zoo keeper, but Richard Bruton enjoyed cracking the whip yesterday to launch details of Career Zoo, a major careers event aimed at hiring professionals and graduates for jobs in Ireland.

Jobs Minister Richard Bruton has launched details of a major careers event in Dublin next month.

FORMER taoiseach Liam Cosgrave has said his predecessor John A Costello helped to modernise Ireland more than the country ever realised.

IRELAND’s reputation for low-carbon farming should be harnessed to ensure that the authorities governing global agriculture promote Irish food production while capping outputs from less efficient regions, business leaders heard at a Teagasc conference at Dublin’s Mansion House yesterday.

GERRY RYAN is likely to be laid to rest on Thursday and possibly in a private ceremony, a spokesman for his family said yesterday.

EXPENSES paid to TDs will be linked to their attendance in the Dáil under new proposals brought in to end the gravy train enjoyed by politicians.

TAOISEACH Bertie Ahern last night insisted he had not been panicked into offering first time buyers a backdated “bribe” on stamp duty.

A major suicide awareness rally will today aim to harness co-operation from various state agencies and voluntary groups.

THE country was spoilt for choice when it came to festival fun over the Bank Holiday weekend — and for once the weather didn’t spoil the mood.

The plight of children living below the poverty line is due to be discussed at a Barnardos seminar in Dublin’s Mansion House later today.