Mr Burton review: Absorbing Richard Burton origin story features a tremendous Harry Lawtey as the future Hollywood star
Lawtey doesn’t simply inhabit the role in Marc Evan’s fine biopic: he metamorphosises
Richard Burton
Actor Richard Burton
Jeff Wayne’s The War of the Worlds review: How paradoxical that Victorian England’s destruction should be relayed by an Irishman
What HG Wells would think of his masterpiece as a rock opera is anyone’s guess, but audiences love it
Look inside: New apartments in historic Bray Head Hotel building from €450,000
Fontenoy Place set to launch 18 units at the most prominent building at the southern end of the promenade
Bring back gallivanting. Few were quite as good at it as Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton
A dreary Dublin had never seen anything quite like that fiery couple
All that shimmers: Adam’s sale offers much to delight
Important bangle by Schlumberger one of the highlights of Fine Jewellery and Watches auction
First Look: Inside Cashel Palace hotel after its Magnier makeover
There are equine touches – but not too many – at the Tipperary hotel’s new gardens, suites and spa
The 355: All-female action romp fails to rise above second-rate material
Diane Kruger is the one bright light in a movie that’s weighed down by clichés
Keith Duggan: The battle between Netflix and a female Georgian chess grandmaster
Nona Gaprindashvili has taken issue with a reference made in The Queen’s Gambit
Joan Collins’s star-studded home movies: What they show of Hollywood’s golden age
Paul Newman, Tony Curtis and Sammy Davis jnr in footage for actor’s ‘roller-coaster story’
Public support essential in achieving climate goals, conference told
Eirgrid chief says group will engage with communities on renewable plans
Strong early interest in Bray seafront scheme
One third of unbuilt units already sold, including four to one buyer
A woman’s life: ‘I got married at 16. I’ve nine kids. I don’t worry’
Women and girls of all ages on equality, happiness, social media and life in Ireland today
The Capote Tapes: From impoverished childhood to cocaine-fuelled decline
‘I felt like his story hadn’t been told,’ Ebs Burnough says about his Truman Capote documentary
The Crown, season 4: Gillian Anderson takes up the Margaret Thatcher challenge
She is the latest of many actors to wrestle with the blue suit and tortured vowels
Walking sort of like an Egyptian may not be enough any more
The news had barely landed before social media blew its collective top
Sporting Upsets: Botham and Willis lead cricket’s Dunkirk
‘Miraculous’ and unlikely victory over old foe Australia ‘was as unbelievable as Dunkirk’
‘Somalis are the Irish of Africa’: Irish man helps rebuild Somalia’s rule of law
Corruption and terror are key obstacles to progress in the country for Irish Coast Guard chief
‘Magical’ Tipperary mansion where stars partied for €990k
Altavilla is a six-bed Georgian house on 22 acres which once hosted film stars
Miriam Lord: FG’s rural TDs take on party’s city slickers
The country crew were not about to let the Dubs bag all the top parliamentary party jobs
Ireland can ‘almost halve’ the cost of renewable electricity
Irish Wind Energy Association: policy decisions key to pricing
Rosemary Smith: 'The flag drops, the bullshit stops and away we go'
At age of 79 the queen of Irish motorsport became oldest person to drive a Formula 1 car
Government supports green deal being central to EU economic recovery plan
Minister for Environment confirms Ireland would join countries seeking a sustainable and just recovery
Local radio station levy to be waived for six months
Minister for Communications Richard Bruton asks regulator to review sector
Which Skywalker? And nine other questions Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker must answer
Like: Who are Rey’s parents? Who are Finn’s? Is it okay to include a digitised Carrie Fisher?
From Richard Burton to Land of My Fathers, rugby is the voice of Wales
The Hollywood legend would have been proud to see his home country’s success
Van Cleef and Arpels to star at Adam’s Fine Jewellery and Watches sale
Items from Parisian jeweller’s Alhambra collection to feature at upcoming auction
Malachy McCourt: ‘Frank wouldn’t be happy unless he was miserable’
Angela’s Ashes returns to Dublin in September. What’s it like to see your family’s story of growing up in poverty as a musical?
Compensation culture claims Shelbourne’s famous front door
Five-star Dublin hotel to remove revolving door after string of personal-injury claims
New strategy for forestry needed in climate plan
Researcher urges multistakeholder form as way forward if sector is to develop
ESB whistleblower got ‘nothing but stress’ by speaking out
Highlighting alleged safety and management failings took ‘far bigger toll than I ever expected’
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
Friends of the Earth: Climate breakdown plan is 'biggest innovation' in 20 years
Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland says fundamental to the success of the plan is the level of commitment of all parts of society
Italian film director Franco Zeffirelli dies at 96
Artist was best known for work with opera singers and on Shakespeare plays
Radio stations call on Government to ‘stop sitting on its hands’ on media funding
Independent Broadcasters of Ireland group urges action on promised reforms
Musgrave gets the scent for Java Republic coffee company
Seen & Heard: AIB takes €87m hit on move and UK listing for Diaceutics
Can Mick McCarthy’s paddle turn Ireland’s sinking ship around?
Captain Fantastic returns – hope this second marriage lasts longer than Burton and Taylor
Bob Dylan’s ‘Blood on the Tracks’ as a rock opera? Jesus Christ...
Donald Clarke: The Who’s ‘Tommy’, ‘Quadrophenia’, Pink Floyd’s ‘The Wall’, Lloyd Webber. Enough
From flimsy prefab to state-of-the-art facility: Stepaside’s newest national school
Educate Together school set to accommodation up to 600 pupils
A tale of Ireland’s Ryder Cup pioneer and half a ton of meat
From The Back Pages: The 1949 Ryder Cup was not short of controversy in the build-up
The real Sound of Music: Maria was no flibbertigibbet, and she didn’t teach the kids songs
The 1965 musical was ‘a sugar-coated lie’ with little in common with the real Von Trapps
Keep cynic’s hat on when it comes to cereals
Breakfast staples seek to ‘help’ with colours, shades of grey and traffic lights
One of the largest diamonds ever discovered is found in Lesotho
The stone weighs more than a regular baseball and could be worth tens of millions
The secret to being a successful shopper
A product may have an Irish-looking flag, it may be from an Irish-sounding brand, but it is Irish only if it states that it is
Swiss fantasy in Gstaad Palace
The Disney-esque castle has attracted the likes of Elizabeth Taylor and Princess Diana
From Lennon to Leigh: Jammet’s star-studded guest book
Plus: Free seafood for kids and a re-creation of JFK’s tea party
John Magnier gets go ahead to develop Cashel Palace Hotel
18th-century Tipperary hotel purchased for €2.25m is set to reopen with 61 rooms in late 2019
Loophole lets firms earning millions pay €250 tax, Dáil told
FF’s Stephen Donnelly calls for independent investigation into alleged tax avoidance
Charlie Hunnam: The geezer who would be king
The King Arthur actor discusses why he won't be making a claim to be king of the Geordies any time soon, and how his bromance with Guy Ritchie set the pace for the ‘Lads of the Round Table’
O’Brien judgment is a blow in favour of free debate
Who dares say we have no need of a space where there can be free discussion?
Schools could lose out in plan to fight disadvantage
New approach aims to identify more accurately the most deprived schools in Republic
Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt will be busy splitting $400m fortune
Jolie has reportedly requested custody of their six children
The Jolie-Pitt partnership began, and maybe ended, with a film
Brangelina got together on ‘Mr and Mrs Smith’ and seemed to finish with ‘By the Sea’
Burton and Taylor’s Bray hideaway hotel goes on market
Bray Head Hotel has expired permission for new hotel, apartments, restaurant and bar
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Inquests into the nightclub fire that led to the deaths of 48 people
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How does a post-Brexit world shape the identity and relationship of these islands
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