Love may be in the air this week as Valentine’s Day looms, but Cork couple Caroline Curran and Seán Weir were lucky enough to have real-life versions of Cupid in the form of their pals.

It’s not exactly Times Square in New York, but the owners of the Stephen’s Green shopping centre in Dublin face having to remove the large digital advertising sign over its main entrance because of its visual impact on the surrounding area.

From Dublin to Galway to Cork, Paul McLauchlan meets the women at the heart of Ireland’s luxury independent boutiques.

The motley crew that caused havoc in Dublin did no favours for the majority of farmers who rightly want a fair price for produce, says Political Correspondent Elaine Loughlin

Life will be sweet for occupants of three city-centre properties thanks to their new fellow tenants.

The charity ALONE, which supports older people living at home, says demand has never been greater but funds are running thin.

Food news with Joe McNamee.

More than 15,000 Irish schoolchildren marched out of classrooms yesterday to join a global mass movement of climate change demonstrations.

It is 30 years since I began work in Dublin, having started my career in Cork. At that time, I would have been cynical about those who griped about how the capital was over-indexing on investment and political attention, at the expense of regions, including Munster.

The controversial former FBI director James Comey has said he “feels badly” that Hillary Clinton sees him as the main reason she failed to win the US presidency.

Those heading to the capital today for the parade or to attend the All-Ireland club finals in Croke Park should make allowances for traffic and transport disruptions arising from today’s parade when travelling to Dublin.

St Stephen’s Green is a beautiful place any time of the year but spring is particularly magical.

A TD has complained that the “taxpayer was ripped off” after he was forced to pay above the odds for B&B accommodation in Dublin this week.

The main developer of the new town at Cherrywood in Dublin wants €41m for 126 social housing homes.

A former Munster rugby star, who got drunk and obstructed gardaí in Dublin after running from a taxi without paying the fare, has been spared a conviction and a sentence.

Take a stroll through Ireland’s majestic gardens with Donal Hickey.

Revenue recouped just over €11m from 76 tax settlements during the final three months of 2016.

This week Michael Moynihan tackles the controversial issue of gender equality in sport.

Des O’Sullivan previews an Irish and international art auction with an embarrassment of riches.

Global jobs finder website Indeed has announced 500 new jobs for Dublin, as the Government played down fears over future investment into Ireland from the US.

Update 9.30am: Recruitment website Indeed has confirmed plans to create 500 jobs at its Dublin-based headquarters for Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA) over the next two years.

Want to stay closer to home for Valentines? There are plenty of options, writes Ciara McDonnell. 

Dublin’s Spire acts like a super-sized ‘Google Maps’ pin to locate this compact Dublin city centre hotel on O’Connell Street, one which had housed five homeless families until they were rehomed in late July.

Chef Kevin Thornton has said losing his Michelin star left “a void” as he confirmed his Dublin restaurant is to close after more than two decades in business.

The father of a 17-year-old boy who died after he fell from a bridge claims his son was bullied because he was gay.

The Dalata Hotel Group is negotiating the purchase of a further two-to-three development sites in Dublin.

Recorded in a copybook is a telling account of the Rising and the rebels’ principles, writes Jane Maxwell

Three leading figures from the 1916 Easter Rising were never awarded a military medal for their role in the rebellion, newly declassified files reveal.

We look at the timeline of events during Easter Week in 1916.

The State’s 100th anniversary commemoration of the 1916 Rising takes place at the graveside of the 14 executed insurrection leaders at Arbour Hill, Dublin, tomorrow.

Catherine Shanahan experienced Georgian Dublin at its finest at the Cliff Townhouse on St Stephen’s Green.

Kya deLongchamps is hugely stimulated by a new book by William Derham on the lost architectural heritage of Ireland, and the indifference, and in come cases, downright malice, that caused wanton destruction.