One of Celtic mythology’s great romantic figures, a legendary warrior at the centre of a passionate love triangle, is buried in a remote West Cork graveyard, according to a soon-to-be-published book.

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Annie Power tops a list of 48 entries for the OLBG Mares’ Hurdle which will be run as a Grade One contest for the first time at this year’s Cheltenham Festival.

Twixtmas, you say? What’s that when it’s at home tucked up with a hot water bottle and a hot whiskey?

From Monday October 27 to Friday October 31 the children are off school. This can mean one and one thing only: you need to keep them busy. Very busy.

A Facebook campaign has been set up to save the ‘fairy trees’ at the ancient Hill of Tara site, which organisers say are being "suffocated with heavy rubbish" by wish-makers.

We already can see the electorate being softened up for the next election, with promises of an easing of austerity, tax breaks for low and middle earners, etc.

3,000-year-old remains of a baby have been found during inaugural archaeological works at a Meath site reputed to be the birthplace of Halloween.

The secrets of Halloween may be discovered, as the first-ever archaeological excavations begin today on the Co Meath site hailed as the birthplace of the international festival.

In response to Dr Owen Gallagher (Irish Examiner, Letters, March 17), yes, the British government now realises that same-sex marriage will require a massive rewrite of legislation, dating back to 1285, but that is a good thing, as that was 729 years ago.

Your arts editor needs a month off work, for an in-depth reality check. His article, ‘Stolen moments in British Museum’, (Irish Examiner, Nov 4), calls for items to be returned to their countries of origin.

Meath GAA legend Graham Geraghty is to make an All-Ireland come-back of his own this month when he competes for the new High King of Tara title.

Gordon Elliott’s exciting prospect Don Cossack will take his next step in a fascinating Navan Novice Hurdle on Sunday.

Two-bed Tara on a quarter-acre in the Lee Valley in Cork has individual design touches and is priced at €175,000, writes Tommy Barker

“Ah! Bella!” the Italian woman exclaimed as she caught sight of the Amerigo Vespucci as it sailed up the Liffey — and she was right.

A remarkable performance in the showjumping ring by Cian O’Connor has brought an unexpected boost to the Irish horse sport sector and should raise the profile of Irish breeders, riders and trainers, says Kyran Fitzgerald

For Pierre de Coubertin, it embodied all the skills needed to be more than just a top athlete, but a perfect cavalry soldier.

Ireland is facing a lump sum fine of over €1.8m and a daily fine that amounts to almost €7m a year for failing to assess the effect of big projects on the environment.

A 5,000-year-old standing stone has been vandalised on the Hill of Tara in Co Meath.

This weekend’s festival at the Hill of Uisneach will celebrate the site’s ancient past, writes Caomhán Keane

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

YOUGHAL, CORK €395,000

IN a Portrait of an Artist as a Young Man, James Joyce wrote “the quickest way to Tara is through Holyhead”.

ONE of the great mysteries of the M3 motorway was why they were so insistent and went to so much trouble to put it through an pristine archaeological landscape of the Gahra valley.

THE Government’s action in taking the side of landowners and vested interests in planning legislation could cost the country several million euro in fines, warned An Taisce.

THE “secrets and treasures” of the Hill of Tara are set to be revealed following the most extensive survey of the area in recent years.

THE award-winning writer Colm Tóibín has condemned the construction of the M3 motorway, which opened yesterday.

Irish writer Colm Toibin has condemned the construction of the controversial M3 motorway which opened today.

CONSERVATIONISTS have hit out at Green Party leader John Gormley after his department included the Hill of Tara on a shortlist of seven sites put forward for world heritage status.

PRIMARY school children who planted seeds in their classrooms last February yesterday enjoyed the fruits of their labour.

Environment Minister John Gormley has denied accusations that he has abandoned his promise to include the Hill of Tara on Ireland's list of UNESCO World Heritage Sites.

America’s influential Smithsonian Institute has included the Hill of Tara in a list of must-see endangered sites, it was revealed today.

The number of people claiming jobless benefits jumped by 71% last year and the total is set to breach the 300,000 barrier in coming weeks, alarming figures showed today.

FROM recent reports it seems some group with the collective intelligence of a somewhat dim-witted hen wants to replace the doors at the west end of the Honan Chapel in UCC with glass double-glazed ones.

I READ with interest Sinn Féin Senator Pearse Doherty’s letter headlined ‘Views sought for west master plan (September 15).

Nobel laureate Seamus Heaney will head up a celebration of Tara at the controversial site of the M3 motorway, organisers said today.

A Tibetan Buddhist Lama, who's the 7th reincarnation in his line, has been visiting Ireland from his monastery in India.

Nobel prize winning poet Seamus Heaney has joined Hollywood actress Charlize Theron and artist Louis le Brocquy in the campaign against the M3 motorway.

Campaigners who lost a lengthy court battle to reroute the controversial M3 motorway are seeking legal advice over reports on the archaeological heritage in the area.

Tarawatch is sending a delegation to a meeting of UNESCO in Canada to lobby on behalf on the Tara Complex.

A drawing of Oscar-winning actress Charlize Theron by Irish artist Jim Fitzpatrick will be auctioned in Dublin today to raise funds for a group campaigning against the route of the M3 motorway in Co Meath.