Grace Kelly’s Mayo holiday hideaway: ‘Maybe her dream will come true some day’
Late Hollywood star and Monégasque princess visited her ancestral home in 1961, later buying the plot, with a view to transforming it into a holiday home
Grace Kelly
My wise 100-year-old friend Frances: ‘I used to pursue people who didn’t like me. I don’t have to do that any more’
Frances Ballantyne, an Irish-American who was 94 when we became friends in New York, rubbed shoulders with Kathy Bates, James Baldwin and local wiseguys, but these were mere side notes in a rich life
The 25 greatest upsets in Oscar history
It’s almost Academy Award weekend. From an inappropriate smooch to Envelopegate, here are the biggest limelight-stealing Academy Award moments
Life in Hollywood: Golden-age photographs of Marilyn Monroe, Elizabeth Taylor, Grace Kelly and more
A two-volume collection drawn from the Life magazine archive features outstanding portraits of many of the biggest names in American cinema
Much-loved Dublin city shop Pen Corner to close its doors
Famous for pens, pencils and stationery, it has been a family business since 1927
Belfast film review: Kenneth Branagh’s memoir is black-and-white and rose-tinted all over
The film is aggresively apolitical but as romanticised reverie it could hardly be bettered
Michael Currane provides vital link between Irish wannabes and AFLW
Fourteen Irish players are competing this year in the Australian women’s game
Dancing with the Stars returns to RTÉ, meaner and leaner than BBC’s Strictly
TV review: Jockey Nina Carberry’s natural athleticism carries the day in Episode 1
Salma Hayek: ‘Weinstein would scream at me – ‘I didn’t hire you to look ugly!”
The actor on being bullied by the disgraced movie mogul and becoming a superhero at 55
Belfast review: Already an Oscars favourite, Kenneth Branagh’s film is irresistible
The gorgeous movie features Jamie Dornan, Caitríona Balfe, Judi Dench and Ciarán Hinds
Prince Albert of Monaco visits TCD after donating €1m
Donation follows his mother, Grace Kelly’s, love of Ireland and the university
Dublin keep Mayo at arm’s length to keep up chase for fifth straight women’s title
Hannah Tyrrell and Sinéad Aherne each score five points for the champions
Women’s All-Ireland football semi-final previews
Mayo facing a tough task against Dublin juggernaut while resurgent Meath will test Cork’s mettle
Mayo hold off brave Cavan challenge to take the points in opener
Rachel Kearns’s first-half goal was the difference between the sides at the end
Crosswords & Puzzles
Crosswords & puzzles to keep you challenged and entertained
Stardust
Inquests into the nightclub fire that led to the deaths of 48 people
Common Ground
How does a post-Brexit world shape the identity and relationship of these islands
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