Former Irish football player and manager Patrick O’Connell was last night officially honoured by Barcelona before the La Liga giants’ home clash with Real Betis.

Tomorrow, Dubliner Patrick O’Connell is to be honoured by football giants FC Barcelona by being inducted into their hall of fame. He managed the Catalan side in the 1930s and is credited with saving the club from bankruptcy. Here, Robert McNamara recounts the highlights of his amazing career.

Corcadorca’s new production of an Enda Walsh play is being staged in the building that housed one of Cork’s major financial institutions, writes Colette Sheridan

It may have been a very difficult and disappointing night for Labour and a cruel and punishing one for the Lib Dems.

The women who "knicker-bombed" Enda Kenny at a Fine Gael fundraising dinner in London said they had lots of support for their action.

Gaelic games flower in Asian country once reluctant to embrace the outside world.

Disgraced Downing St spin doctor Andy Coulson will be reunited with former workmates from the News of the World (NotW) this week as they face up to two years in jail for their part in the phone-hacking plot.

REGULAR readers may have noticed that last week’s column, which fell on March 17, contained no mention of the day in question.

The Irish Centre in London’s Camden Town is re-branding as it celebrates its 60th Paddy’s Day, writes Claire Droney.

As Far As I Know

For 60 years, the Camden LIC has welcomed, advised and entertained the Irish, and acted as a home from home for those who need reassurance, says Claire Droney.

The Fields

IN the late 1980s, like many Irish people, I emigrated to London.

Butty Sugrue was some man for one man.

His smug look took up most of the page; was he smiling thinking this was too easy?

Tomorrow night is one of the biggest nights of the year in Tralee, the Betdaq Night of Champions at the Kingdom greyhound stadium, and this year it will be broadcast live around the world on Sky Sports (8pm to 10.30pm).

This Life actor stars in role made famous by Yul Brynner, says Colette Sheridan

WHERE would two former Dr Crokes Killarney players lining out for London watch the draw for the second round of the All-Ireland qualifiers?

Saints and Sinners

FIRST there was Micheál Ó Hehir, then there was Micheál Ó Muircheartaigh, the two legends of Irish sports broadcasting.

The family of Jean Charles de Menezes branded his inquest a “whitewash” today as a jury rejected police claims that the Brazilian was lawfully killed.

British actor Andrew Sachs today said he was “not surprised” Jonathan Ross and Russell Brand had been suspended by the BBC over their prank calls to him.

A man was arrested today in connection with the murder inquiry into a headless corpse found behind a shopping parade In London, Scotland Yard said.

Based on a stage play this Irish film – in Irish and English and being talked up as a possible entry for the Oscars Best Foreign Language category – is a fine example of solid ensemble playing but an example of the difficulty of translating stage to screen in that it often gets bogged down with chat.

PENSIONER Maura Tobin, describing herself as a 24/7 carer, says she would never have a break if there wasn’t a facility such as the Towers in Ballybunion.

Hundreds of “fast fashion” fans flocked to the opening of Primark’s flagship store today.

FOUR summers ago Peter McBride hugged his mother goodbye in the living room of their London home.

MAMLOOK can provide champion-elect Declan McDonogh with yet another winner in the first division of the Irish Stallion Farms’ EBF Maiden at Gowran Park this afternoon.

A great-grandmother who was falsely imprisoned for nine years for an IRA bombing has been awarded a papal medal.

A FUGITIVE Irish drug trafficker was arrested in Spain yesterday after more than 10 years on the run.

A stage portrayal of the desperate lives endured by detainees at Guantanamo Bay opened to acclaim in the US today.

AN INVESTIGATION into Britain’s richest underworld figures has found that the richest drug dealer and smuggler are Irish.

It’s a sunny Tuesday morning and Seal is in his natural environment. Entering a suite in one of the country’s top hotels to start a day of interviews, the singer is an imposing figure with his tall frame accentuated by his long coat.

A STAND-UP comedian who gatecrashes events dressed as Osama bin Laden was the man who burst into Prince William’s 21st birthday party, his father claimed today.

Britain's Kensington Palace has become a scene of mourning on the fifth anniversary of Princess Diana's death.

A student has been charged with the murder of a German trainee rabbi whose dismembered remains were found on a pavement wrapped in black plastic.

A schoolgirl has become the first person in Britain to have a new ear constructed from part of her ribcage.