UK house prices and the number of sale transactions will fail to rebound “regardless of the Brexit outcome”, according to a leading economics group in London.

As I just wrote to friends living on a Mediterranean island: “It’s been summer here for the last few weeks, wonderful weather, 18C to 20C, but everything is very green or flowery, all the whitethorns in bloom and a procession of wildflowers in the ditches and on the old stone wall, mixes of colours and forms and vegetable constructions to take the breath away."

The election results are almost all in and political anoraks have been digesting the information gleaned from the ballot boxes like famished goats.

The success of Offaly footballers in 1982 was rooted in the bogs of the county.

Great and all as the Irish, Scottish and Welsh versions are, nothing quite compares with the Aintree Grand National.

Jaguar Land Rover sales have risen 7% to a record 621,109 vehicles in 2017 but the UK’s biggest carmaker says it faces tough conditions in its home market due to weakening consumer confidence and a planned diesel tax rise on new cars.

Nathan Carter has a new TV show starting on Sunday and a big gig lined up in Dublin in the spring. Life sure is good, he tells Ed Power

When Joe Dolan came to stay with Pete Williams and his family in 1974, the first thing Williams did was move the six-month old baby to another room.

UK Chancellor Philip Hammond has sent a thinly-veiled warning to Boris Johnson amid speculation that the Foreign Secretary is trying to destabilise Theresa May, declaring "nobody is unsackable".

The expected strengthening of Theresa May’s hand after June’s UK general election may not make Brexit any easier, writes Kyran Fitzgerald.

A new shipping container service from Cork to Liverpool will get underway at the end of this month.

You don’t need to be one of Agatha Christie’s famous detectives to uncover the charms of this famous spa town, says John Chambers.

Ukip leader Paul Nuttall will fight the crunch Stoke-on-Trent Central by-election in a major test of his plan to replace Labour as the party of the working class in the Midlands and the North of England.

The global business elite, each coughing up over €20,000 each, are gathering for their annual shindig at the up-market Swiss resort of Davos.

Ferry sailings tomorrow from the UK have been cancelled and flights from three London airports were hit by delays after fog shrouded the UK capital this morning.

Aileen Lee sits down to chat with Gillian Sherrard, interior architect, to pick her brain for ways to create the simple and spacious home you’ve always wanted.

Three quarters of people admit feeling stressed at work, but it appears few feel they can talk about it.

Jim Sullivan never fails to remind me of our exchange on the way into the press night the year of the second four in a row.

Rise Of An Empire, trained for Gigginstown House Stud by Noel Meade, recorded his third success over hurdles when making all to land the Investec Rated Novice Hurdle in Ballinrobe last night.

Boris Johnson insisted Brexit will not see the UK "abandon its leading role" in Europe as the UK's new Foreign Secretary made his debut on the international stage.

Irish people living in Britain tend to view the country as a mature democracy; yesterday they woke up wondering if that maturity had become senility.

THERE’S a journalist in Elizabeth Day’s new novel.

I am enormously proud of the fact that I am a Cork person — not a Cork city or Cork county person. I’m a Cork person, writes Sean O Driscoll.

Focus ***

Daniel Radcliffe is not the only one who loves this indie band’s delicate sound, writes Ed Power.

She's getting really bored, you guys.

DOES ANYONE WANNA BUY SOME LOOM BANDS?!

USA: South Dakota officials have cancelled a public safety campaign to raise awareness about the dangers of jerking the steering wheel on icy roads, saying it’s too risqué.

A breakthrough in crunch talks between the Taoiseach, the British prime minister and Northern Ireland’s political leaders is still a long way off, the Democratic Unionists said tonight.

Ukip has its first elected MP after a dramatic night which left the two main Westminster parties licking their wounds.

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Monkstown, Cork, €625,000

F#!%ing hell! We were not expecting that.

A Scottish football team are to be sponsored by a famous crime writer from next season.

Richard Fahey has no intention of taking his foot off the gas as he continues to develop his burgeoning empire in the pursuit of winners.

The vagaries of the music business have steeled the Manchester band’s resolve, says Ed Power.