THE path looks clear for Cork’s new €150 million concert venue to proceed in the city centre as developer Owen O’Callaghan is ending his rival bid for a docklands venue.

TWITTER: Bringer of democracy to the Arab world — or just bringer of gossip about which Z-List nobody is knocking-off which Premiership footballer?

QUEEN ELIZABETH last night offered her “sincere thoughts and deep sympathies” to those who have suffered due to the troubled past of Britain and Ireland — but stopped short of an apology.

The Queen and Duke of Edinburgh declined to sample Ireland’s most famous export – a pint of Guinness this afternoon.

A KEYNOTE address by Queen Elizabeth at Dublin Castle this evening promises to be one of the highlights of her four-day visit to Ireland.

The Queen bowed her head and laid a wreath at Dublin's Garden of Remembrance today in a hugely symbolic and historic act of reconciliation between Britain and the Republic of Ireland.

RYAN TUBRIDY is to play a key role in next month’s royal visit when he acts as a personal tour guide to Queen Elizabeth.

THE woman looked towards Enda Kenny and exclaimed: “Oh, he’s gorgeous, he’s just adorable, I can’t wait to play with him!”

AS the ‘Gilmore Gale’ swept across counties on the first real day of campaigning, the Labour leader ruled out the election being a contest of personalities, and vowed that it would be issue-led with a lot of the electorate still to make up their minds on voting.

DUBLIN-based architectural services specialist, Metic Group, has become a public company, with its shares launching on London’s Alternative Investment Market (AIM).