Claire Guinan’s exhibition includes a new painting of Phil Lynott, writes Richard Fitzpatrick.

So that’s nearly Monday wrapped up. Here’s some of the stories we published on irishexaminer.com today which we hope will help you make sense of it all this evening.

Chart star Ellie Goulding has revealed how she has found the Royal Family to be “fun” after becoming friends with them – and said they are big champions of British music.

An ex-soldier charged with raping and killing a 14-year-old Iraqi girl and murdering her family set the girl’s body on fire after shooting her several times, a US court was told today.