Kyran Fitzgerald says that rather than drain the swamp as he promised in his election campaign, Donald Trump will actually bring more alligators with him next month.

You arrive at the Taj Mahal or the pyramids only to take selfies of yourself for Facebook, facing the camera but away from the wonders of the world, Gerard Howlin.

Mrs Brown’s Boys gets a one-off live special tonight at 9.20pm on RTE One.

Vital funds to help rebuild Labour after its bruising election result are tied up in a €212,000 annual lease for a plush office that disgruntled party figures have dubbed as the ‘Taj Mahal’.

Kya deLongchamps looks at some of the most extravagant gifts in history.

Dublin’s Kilmainham Gaol has been named as the best rated landmark in Ireland in the Travellers’ Choice TM awards for Landmarks, announced by TripAdvisor, the world’s largest travel site.

Rather than trying to pull the wool over your eyes this April Fools’ Day, Google has provided us with a distraction until the misinformation and jokes blow over. Google Maps users can play Pac-Man on the streets of their city.

I always wanted to be a DJ and I became what I wanted to be. I believe in fate. If something is meant to happen, it will.

IF you ever want to test parental, familial and romantic bonds to see how cool-headed you really are, how much you actually love your children, and how strong your relationship is, pile them all into the car.

The only inevitable has preoccupied all cultures and religion, but now in the West we shun it, says Suzanne Harrington.

TIMOLEAGUE AND ARGIDEEN WALK

Statue #1: Zidane sent off in Qatar

It is a matter of taste, or maybe conviction. Either way the relics of St Anthony have prompted the devotion of thousands in all-weathers around the country.

For our 30th wedding anniversary, we visited that most romantic emblem, the Taj Mahal, on a 12-day assault on the senses that encompassed five cities, says Anne Kearney.

Indian police have filed a case against Miss Universe, American Olivia Culpo, for an unauthorised footwear fashion shoot at the Taj Mahal, India’s white-marble monument to love.

DIANA and I go back a long way, to the day in 1981 when I watched her walk down the aisle of St Paul’s Cathedral, to marry her Prince.

Lights will be going out all over the world tonight as part of an event to remind us to save energy and protect the planet.

The gang rape and death of an Indian woman and other incidents have turned the spotlight on the nation’s attitude to women, writes Claire O’Sullivan

Police detained 20 men on Sunday in central India’s Madhya Pradesh state after a Swiss woman on a cycling trip was gang-raped.

From a bistro in Paris to a kayak in West Cork, Pól Ó Conghaile reveals his top romantic places, as Valentine’s Day approaches

Dubai’s ruler announced plans for a development boasting the world’s biggest shopping mall and gardens larger than London’s Hyde Park, as the emirate revives property projects on hold since the global financial crisis.

The green light for a £100m golf resort on the fringes of the Giant’s Causeway will not endanger the famous landmark’s world heritage designation, Northern Ireland’s Environment Minister has pledged.

AN auction of actress Elizabeth Taylor’s world-renowned jewels took in $116 million (€89.4m), more than double the record for a single collection and setting new marks for pearls, colourless diamonds and Indian jewels.

NEW Kerry chairman Patrick O’Sullivan wants the GAA to adopt a new system that would allow players based in England to remain eligible to play for their Irish clubs.

BOOKS make excellent Christmas gifts and last Monday’s Examiner carried recommendations from the crime-thriller, vampire and general fiction genres.

Hollywood star Tom Cruise says his visit to India this week follows a lifelong desire to see the country.

Elixir: A History of Water and Humankind

At least 13 homeless people have died in near-freezing temperatures and Himalayan winds in northern India, police said today.

Near-freezing temperatures and icy Himalayan winds killed at least 13 people overnight in northern India, bringing the death toll to nearly 100 from a cold snap that began three weeks ago.

Near-freezing temperatures have killed more than two dozen people in northern India in recent days despite government efforts to distribute blankets and medicine to the poor, an official and a news report said today.

JOINING forces once again, South-west France holiday rental specialists The Gascony Secret and Simply Périgord offer a range of striking properties at prices for different pockets, the high range including historically important Chartreuse set in about 180 acres of land.

Police are searching India’s financial capital for four men who authorities believe entered Mumbai to carry out a terrorist attack.

RYANAIR has announced it is cutting back on flights out of Dublin Airport, including a 50% reduction in its daily services to Cork from next year.

US President Barack Obama began his 10-day trip to Asia on a sombre note today, paying tribute to the victims of the devastating terror attacks that tore through Mumbai two years ago.

Chart beauty Katy Perry will today tame the one-time lothario Russell Brand as they marry in an Indian ceremony.

The wedding of Russell Brand and Katy Perry is to take place at a luxury resort outside the Ranthambhore tiger sanctuary near Jaipur, an Indian tour operator said today.

The 42-year-old actress Julia Roberts – who has five-year-old twins Hazel and Phinnaeus, and son Henry, three, with her cameraman husband Daniel Moder – has apparently turned to Hinduism while filming her latest movie 'Eat Pray Love' in India last year.

Sales of Lego have rocketed after David Beckham confessed to being a massive fan of the toy.

Ricky Gervais's hapless sidekick Karl Pilkington has landed his own travel series visiting the Seven Wonders of the World, it was announced today.

A speeding train derailed in western India, killing at least nine people and injuring more than 80.

A speeding train derailed in western India this morning killing at least nine people and injuring more than 80 others.