BIG-ACTION, swords and sorcery — it’s little wonder there are whispers Britannia could fill the gaping hole left by Game of Thrones, writes Gemma Dunne. 

With Michael Roddy’s Michelin guide to the best restaurants in hand, this made for the ultimate gastro tour. 

TO combat my worsening clinomania — it’s like nymphomania, except instead of wanting sex all the time, you fast forward to the bit afterwards, where you just want to lie in bed all the time, propped up on squashy pillows, wrapped in furry blankets, staring dreamily into space — I wear a device on my wrist that tells me to move. It’s a fitness tracker. Maybe you have one, writes Suzanne Harrington.

Ah lads.

Damien Enright has some interesting artistic and historic insight into the cave artworks created by early European.

The summer solstice was graced by a strawberry moon overnight for the first time since 1967, according to Accuweather.

ENGLAND: A Vauxhall Zafira owner received a letter telling him his car would be recalled on the same day it burst into flames.

Six people were arrested in England after a group burned a section of grass at Stonehenge and climbed on top of the ancient monument.

And so, back to reality. Irish fans returned home yesterday, some bleary-eyes and a little bedraggled, but all filled with optimism after a thumping World Cup win against Canada.

Hidden remains of an extraordinary neolithic monument that could be unique in the world have been found buried beneath the ground a mile from Stonehenge.

Here’s a briefing on some of the stories and issues highlighted on irishexaminer.com today.

Peter Dowdall muses on the significance of midsummer to gardeners throughout the millennia.

The best things in life are free, says Ailin Quinlan — and she’s got the proof here. Here are 50 fantastic days out this summer that won’t cost you a cent.

Archaeologists at a military camp in North Cork have discovered one of the largest and best preserved First World War underground bunker and trench systems ever built in Britain and Ireland.

BELGIUM: People agree on few things in linguistically divided Belgium, but an effort to get Belgian potato fries recognised as cultural heritage, putting them on a par with Peking opera and the Argentinian tango may get unequivocal support.

USA: The first 3D printer in space has popped out its first creation — a sample replacement part for itself.

A business leader is urging the British government to give the UK economy a boost by reviving plans to build a tunnel underneath Stonehenge.

Your daily, spoiler-free guide to what to look out for on the box.

Barack Obama swapped “banter” with three young boys during his sightseeing trip to Stonehenge, their mother has said.

Police arrested 25 people at Stonehenge overnight after an estimated 37,000 people saw the sun rise on the longest day in the calendar.

AUSTRALIA:

Two winning tickets to split $636m US lottery

90 years of looking for secrets in wrong place

South African asks court to change bail so he can have loud sex

More than 20,000 people have celebrated the summer solstice at Stonehenge in the UK ahead of a “historic moment” in the £27m (€31m) transformation of the site.

Mila Kunis and Ashton Kutcher reportedly want to marry in the UK.

THE easterly gales of the last few weeks drove millions of marine creatures ashore.

C’mon me old china.....Kya de Longchamps considers 1960s and 1970s household ware

Though the Mayans never really predicted that the world would end tomorrow, some New Agers are convinced that humanity’s demise is imminent. Or at least that it’s a good excuse for a party.

It was a birthday to remember set against a backdrop of sweeping, recently harvested fields that were dotted with huge bales of straw.

The people of Wiltshire have a long standing reputation for preferring farming to war-like pursuits.

I’M just back from Achill, a wet windy outpost of mountains and cliffs, where it gets dark later than anywhere else in Europe.

Spin the globe at the bottom of the screen and take a journey on the Rhaetian Railway through the Swiss Alps.

WE hear a lot of talk about Ireland’s priceless environment and heritage.

The winter solstice has been celebrated at Newgrange for the past 5,000 years Carl Dixon reports on the hope it represents

Sporting chiefs are to break tradition and allow the Olympic flame to travel outside the UK into the Republic of Ireland ahead of the London games.

It would be easy to envisage Richard Hannon’s link with the Coolmore empire growing stronger after an emphatic Salisbury victory for Pink Sapphire.

Seedbombs are little ‘mud packs’ of flower seeds flung randomly to bloom, and prettify urban areas says Suzanne Harrington.

IS it the kiss of death for one of the world’s best known tourist attractions?