Ikea has appointed the third head of its UK and Ireland business in under two years, as the flatpack furniture store targets city centres.

Interview with Amada Hilton: Co-founder of Irish Girl in Brooklyn.

A young woman was put in fear when a stranger approached her saying she was a beautiful angel sent from God and when another woman intervened the man called her a slut and spat in her face.

A man with a knife who took exception to how long another man was in a pub’s toilet cubicle and threatened, “I am going to end your life”, was yesterday ordered to do 240 hours of community service.

London is expected to be painted green tomorrow.

A power cut has plunged London's busy West End into darkness.

Richard Coles has become a priest since his days with Bronski Beat. But he was glad to return to the musical fold for an album of seasonal songs, writes Joe Nerssessian

Christine Keeler was the girl at the heart of the notorious Profumo affair in 1963 which rocked the British establishment, convulsed Westminster and ultimately contributed to the downfall of the beleaguered Tory government the following year.

SET in locations including coastal Ireland, Fleet Street pubs and big spooky houses,

US-based IT semi-conductor and wireless communications firm Skyworks Ireland has moved into the ground floor of Cork city’s tallest building, The Elysian.

When Michael Peppiatt stepped inside the French House, a dark, dank Soho pub, one busy lunchtime in June 1963, he could hardly have anticipated how life-changing an impact the next few hours would afford him.

A DEAL worth up to €14m is to be signed in coming days on the remaining investment — including the Boardwalk bar and restaurant — at Cork city’s seminal City Quarter. 

Calls are mounting for a public statement from the developers of Cork’s stalled event centre, amid renewed reassurances that the project is still on track.

This two-storey property was built in the mid 1950s, and so will be newer than many of the neighbouring homes, and it has an elevated deck, facing south. 

An encounter with a celebrity that showed the misery of fame inspired Maggie O’Farrell’s new novel, she tells Jonathan de Burca Butler.

The Rebel county is set to give the boys in green a huge Euro 2016 send-off at tonight’s international friendly against Belarus in Turner’s Cross.

Improved hygiene, sanitation, and surveillance, akin to that of John Snow in the 1850s, could save hundreds of millions of lives in the coming decades, writes Jim O’Neill            

You know how it goes at this stage.

She’s the Dublin DJ who secured a prime slot on BBC radio and hung out with Sam Smith even before he was famous. Claire Droney meets the very cool Annie Mac.

Almost 300 people were evacuated after a fire broke out near a Soho nightclub.

Tommy Steele tells Ed Power about playing the big band legend, and how he was nearly typecast as a leprechaun

Our attitudes to drug taking have changed so much that we now criminalise addicts and society has to bear all the associated costs, writes Terry Prone

The classically styled limestone building on Cork city’s historical Coal Quay, occupied by the successful restaurant and bar the Cornstore, has been put up for sale as an invesment.

Marco Pierre White’s Bar and Grill offers good food without glaring brilliance, is Tony Clayton-Lea’s summary.

Gurranabraher-based Jack Lyons, 71, is a former postman, busman and cohort of The Who. He is co-curating an exhibition on the Sir Henry’s venue for Cork City Library through August which will be on display from Saturday as part of Cork Heritage Week.

At 89, JP Donleavy is happy that people are still reading The Ginger Man, despite its banning in 1955, writes John Daly

Niki MacCarthy’s quest to discover why her father returned from war with a Japanese sword uncovered a story so incredible, it’s been made into a film, writes John Meagher.

Society’s obsession with celebrity has never been more intense. But what is central to any understanding of celebrity is the crucial and formative role of the media, says TP O’Mahony

RICKSHAW drivers occupy a ubiquitous presence on the streets of the West End. But most Londoners never even give them a moment’s thought.

Your spoiler-free guide to tonight's TV programmes.

A Co Cork man has beem jailed for two years after “a cowardly blow” which knocked a woman unconscious.

Two men, who had charges of throwing a lighting petrol bomb into an apartment withdrawn against them in the middle of a trial, have been found guilty of assaulting a woman and her mother.

Two men accused of throwing a lighting petrol bomb into an apartment had those and other charges against them withdrawn by the state yesterday and each now faces a charge of assault.

Two Blarney men, accused of throwing a lighting petrol bomb into an apartment and other charges, were put on trial yesterday.

Des O’Sullivan anticipates keen interest as Margaret Hegarty’s estate goes to auction in Dublin on Wednesday.