CORK CITY will have a new landmark design building later this year, in one of it most prominent settings - half way up the vertiginous St Patrick’s Hill. A school redevelopment there has been designed by the winners of the 2015 Royal Gold Medal for Architecture, Sheila O’Donnell and John Tuomey.

Jo Kerrigan rounds up the best theatre offerings at home and abroad for the months ahead

The Abbey’s touring production of Sive underlines its timeless themes of greed and lust, says Colette Sheridan.

The Queen has resisted the urge to interfere in a bloody power battle on her trip to the North.

President Michael D Higgins has welcomed the fact that Ireland will be free of the troika when he embarks upon his historic state visit to Britain next year.

Nobel poet laureate Seamus Heaney has been remembered as one of Ireland’s finest literary minds following his death after a short illness.

President Michael D Higgins has paid tribute to Seamus Heaney on the news of his death saying the poet's contribution “to the republics of letters, conscience, and humanity was immense”.

Hollywood star Liam Neeson arrived back in Ballymena to a jubilant welcome as he accepted the freedom of his home town.

Actor Liam Neeson arrived back in Ballymena today to a jubilant welcome as he accepted the freedom of his home town.

Belfast has made a list of Europe’s top 10 travel destinations on the rise.

Martin McGuinness and Sinn Féin sources have dismissed suggestions that the IRA is preparing to make an unequivocal apology to victims of the troubles, including the North’s security forces.

Martin McGuinness told the Queen that he recognised she suffered loss in the Troubles, when they met this week in Belfast.

It may have been a simple handshake between two people, but for the watching world, Martin McGuinness and Britain’s Queen Elizabeth made history.

The historic handshake between the British Queen and Sinn Féin’s Martin McGuinness, together with his words of blessing as they said goodbye, have been hailed as a watershed moment for Irish-Britishrelations.

Sinn Féin president Gerry Adams has described the handshake between Martin McGuinness and Queen Elizabeth as "a real gesture which goes beyond rhetoric".

"I'm still a Republican." Those were Martin McGuinness' words after his historic handshake today with Queen Elizabeth, behind closed doors in Belfast.

Britain's Queen Elizabeth II will shake hands with Sinn Féin’s Martin McGuinness today in a gesture that will herald a major milestone in Anglo-Irish relations.

Britain's Queen Elizabeth II has started her historic tour of the North, after her flight was delayed and diverted to Belfast due to bad weather.

Martin McGuinness has said that he would have welcomed cameras into his private meeting with the Queen in Belfast tomorrow morning.

Queen Elizabeth will visit the North today for a two-day Diamond Jubilee tour and an historic meeting with Martin McGuinness.

The President of Ireland, Michael D Higgins, has hailed plans for an historic handshake between the Queen of England and Martin McGuinness.

Martin McGuinness will shake hands with Queen Elizabeth in Belfast next week after the Sinn Féin president, Gerry Adams, declared it was “the right thing to do”.

Comedian Eddie Izzard treated a fan injured in the Mumbai terror attacks to a stand-up routine as he recovered at a London hospital.

West End theatre producers are searching for a Michael Jackson impersonator to star in a London musical based on the pop superstar's biggest hits.

Ulster actor Liam Neeson is certainly being heard just about everywhere.

TV presenter Jamie Theakston finds himself facing a spot of woman trouble in his latest West End role.