Thirty years on from David Gray’s original release of White Ladder, Ed Power traces the slow-burn success of Ireland’s best-selling album back to gigs at Nancy Spains in Cork and a push by RTÉ show No Disco.

Soft gold colours and copper burnished guitars are just some of the themes for spring homes, Esther N McCarthy discovers.

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A woman, whose body was found by children playing on a car park, died from natural causes, a post-mortem examination showed today.