Wexford Festival Opera: Curtain up on a historic 70th year
Director Rosetta Cucchi is looking forward to anniversary celebrations after a tough lockdown
Eclectic contents sale from lodge owned by first breeder of alpaca in Ireland
Mid-1700s painting of ancestor of owner Xandria Williams among more than 800 lots
Women’s hour: Trinity set to elect a female provost for the first time
All-female shortlist of three senior academics to be officially announced on Friday
The darker side to Dublin’s history
Mutilations, murder and madness – Dark Dublin is a trip down memory lane with a difference
John Creedon: The outsiders who left their names in Ireland
The influence of foreigners is still seen across Ireland’s place names today
Mary Queen of Scots’ prayer book, Bono’s shades and Wolfe Tone’s papers in summer sales
Queen spent the last hours of her life in prayer before her execution in 1587
Labour MP lists Dublin trade unionist’s speech as one of the greatest by a woman
Joan O’Connell’s speech to the TUC on equal pay was included in Made in Dagenham film
The hunting of the Earl of Rone – and the Irish connection
An Irishman’s Diary: The festival was banned in 1837 after a man fell to his death during the debauches
Mary Queen of Scots: Apart from Saoirse Ronan it's drab and pedestrian
Review: Saoirse Ronan and Margot Robbie keep us awake. The director doesn’t help
Mary Queen of Scots: ‘I was fighting to put a period in a period movie’
'Mary Queen of Scots' director Josie Rourke on her bold decisions in the historical epic starring Saoirse Ronan
Letters of Note: from bedroom operation to global sensation
Shaun Usher’s hugely popular blog cataloguing historical letters has grown into a series of books and he's now turning his attention to speeches
Saoirse Ronan battles Margo Robbie in Mary Queen of Scots trailer
The Irish actor (24) plays Mary Stuart, who is attempting to usurp her cousin Elizabeth I
This Album Changed My Life: The Stone Roses – The Stone Roses (1989)
Keith Hughes of King Bones on an album of timeless, uplifting anthems
Well-loved castle seeks new owners to continue the fairytale
It’s taken us 13 years to convert a Galway castle into a home and Airbnb business, but now it’s time to move back to England
Theresa May opts for Henry VIII approach to divorce
Parliament to be bypassed as EU law passes into British law in run-up to Brexit
Had there been no Reformation would England have been spared Brexit?
Ireland’s image as rebel nation where each Catholic suspected of treason persisted for hundreds of years
Five things you need to know today
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Big savings or exchange-rate rip-offs? What the sterling slide means for Irish shoppers
Ireland and sterling have had a rocky relationship since 1460 – good news for some, bad news for others
LS Hilton: I wish my sex life was half as exciting ... I really do
The author of Maestra talks to The Women’s Podcast about novel sex and being touted as the new EL James
The Queen and us: joining in with our neighbour's birthday party
There are a number of current European queens but, for most people here, there’s only one Queen to rule them all
What the world’s first Zuckerberg told us about technology
Johann Gutenberg, the inventor of printing, was last century’s ‘Man of the Millennium’
On a high in the Isle of Skye
The largest and most northerly of the Inner Hebrides has rugged mountain scenery, pretty towns, Michelin-starred food, and of course, a decent dram
Alison Weir: ‘I loved fairy tales from infancy’
Brought to Book Q&A: English novelist and historian on inspiring novels and favourite words
Queen urges people to unite in ‘enduring love of Scotland’
Monarch says decisive outcome of referendum would be respected throughout UK
Cork’s 17th C fort can be ‘jewel’ for city tourism , Mayor says
OPW hands over Elizabeth Fort to council to develop as a visitor attraction
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