Conscious uncoupling has emerged as a recurring sub-plot of Ireland’s summer schedule, though happily of the strictly temporary kind.

Fifty years ago JFK was shot in Dallas. The man assigned to protect the president’s wife, Jackie, tells Tim Teeman why he felt he failed in his duty.

The ‘Time Team’ star Tony Robinson has tied the knot with Louise Hobbs – who at 30 is 34 years the former ‘Blackadder’ star’s junior – in a private ceremony on Italy’s Amalfi coast yesterday.