Queen Elizabeth II Barbie doll released on her 96th birthday
The $75 limited edition doll will commemorate the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee
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
110th anniversary of Titanic to take place in Cobh over the weekend
British Titanic Society will lay wreaths at Roches Point and memorials in Cobh
Fairytale refuge in royal castle offered to Ukrainian families
Fifteenth century hunting lodge last played host to Japanese crown prince and princess
Cheltenham: All eyes turn to ‘quirky’ Flooring Porter in stayers hurdle
Trainer Gavin Cromwell hopeful champion can settle to repeat success in 2022 renewal
Blackrock home tucked into private gardens for €2.25m
Five-bed property on half an acre has been in the same family for 50 years
Offiah touches down in Roscommon to secure Ger Lyons’s 1,000th winner
Trainer reaches landmark figure 27 years on from his first winner at Navan
Ger Lyons hoping Sacred Bridge can prove bank holiday banker at Naas
€150k first prize sees 24 runners line up in the Ballyhane Stakes
Boris Johnson baptised Catholic and cannot defect from Church, says canon law
First two marriages of Britain’s first Catholic prime minister not seen as valid by Church
Tablecloth from a light-fingered queen among lots in ‘snapshot of Ireland’ sale
Rare flag from Dún Laoghaire yacht club and flute carved from human thigh bone also for sale
HRI to keep Galway Festival as seven-day meeting
Race days will be either Flat or National Hunt during this year’s event at Ballybrit
Different decade, different virus but the same anguish, loneliness and dread
London Letter: Early casualties of Aids in the 1980s were mostly in their 20s and 30s
Harland & Wolff: Blame economic mismanagement in London
Successive governments have put the UK’s heavy engineering industry on the backburner
Why do Orangemen march? The Twelfth of July explained
Annual Orange parades celebrate a centuries-old Protestant victory over Catholics
Who are the newly invited Irish members of Hollywood’s Academy?
The Oscars body has invited 842 new members: 50% female, 29% people of colour
In step with Irish tradition: brogues are a part of our history
Family Fortunes: Every Saturday night Grandad polished his shoes for early Sunday morning Mass
League of Ireland should appreciate what it is – not fret about what it isn’t
Constant talk of how to ‘fix’ the league should be matched by appreciation for its resilience
Style on the high seas: The golden age of ocean liner design
Ocean liners were showcases of style, produced by some of the great artists of the age
Trove belonging to Averil Deverell, Ireland’s first female barrister, is saved
Vivid archive donated to King’s Inns after its importance spotted by retired judge
British socialite whose father, Lord Mountbatten, and son were killed by the IRA
Obituary: Patricia Knatchbull. Born: February 14th, 1924. Died: June 13th, 2017
Ger Lyons demands flat racing gets ‘a fair go’ in Ireland
Treasuring in Queen Mary Stakes will head Co Meath trainer’s team for Royal Ascot
The Redmonds: tragedy of Ireland’s first political family
War and illness tore the family apart in the late 19th and early 20th century
US star Lady Aurelia will be hard to beat in Cheveley Park Stakes
Aidan O’Brien’s hopefuls Roly Poly and Brave Anna face tough competition
West Cork villages remember Battle of Jutland soldiers
Communities commemorate six men who died on same day in 1916 with monument
First World War Irish sailors killed at Jutland remembered
Relative fights back tears as she recalls her grandfather’s return to a different Ireland
12 step programme to rehabilitate Fianna Fáil
The party is off life-support and breathing on its own. It now needs to prove that it is up and about
Allyson Pollock: Time to tackle brain injury in rugby at all levels
Concussion is a routine occurrence in rugby, removing the tackle would change that
Centenarians: the oldest recorded Irish people
These women have seen World Wars, new milleniums and the Wall Street crash
Significant collection of Victorian Irish art ‘rediscovered’
Sotheby’s to auction collection of paintings from the estate of Mary, Duchess of Roxburghe, who died aged 99, last year
One in two people born in UK will be diagnosed with cancer
New calculation based on people’s lifestyle habits and longer life expectancy
Modern Ireland in 100 Artworks: 1919 – The Signing of Peace, Versailles, by William Orpen
William Orpen’s great painting is a work of supreme ambivalence, both memorialising and questioning the first World War and what would be a highly problematic peace
O’Brien takes Leading Light to victory
The Irish jockey rode to victory in the race by a neck following a pulsating finish
Leading Light goes for gold in Ascot showpiece
Ballydoyle hope shows progressive profile but stamina doubt remains
French superstar Treve pick of the field
Prix de’l Arc winner the class act in Royal Ascot renewal of Prince of Wales’s Stakes
An Irishman’s Diary on medievalist and writer Helen Waddell
A life of scholarship and literary celebrity
Mouthwash ‘could lead to greater incidences of heart attacks and strokes’
Scientists claim antiseptic is killing off good bacteria along with bad
Dún Laoghaire welcomes another cruise ship
Queen Elizabeth is one of 14 cruise ships expected to visit the port this summer
Prestigious 'Queen Elizabeth' ship moors at Dún Laoghaire
Dublin town is fifth port of call for ship since it left Southampton a week ago
O’Brien’s Camelot is out of the frame as Doyle scores 891/1 treble
Duntle wins at Royal Ascot for second year running
‘Titanic’s little sister’ back in service as Belfast’s latest tourist attraction
SS ‘Nomadic’ expected to draw more than 40,000 visitors annually
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