No consensus about the ultimate destination of good souls

Some creeds favour green fields, others a citadel, while more expect a vast city

In a Word . . .Time

Spring into summer as clocks go forward an hour

Maximum field lines up for Irish Grand National like no other

Fairyhouse highlight will be more functional than usual but remains highly competitive

Hung, Thrawn, and Quartered – Frank NcNally on Westminster’s Brexit crisis, as seen through Ulster-Scots

Getting Precious about the Union – Frank McNally on a Brexit buzzword

An Irishman’s Diary

Knotty problem – On Japanese knotweed and other unwelcome guests of the Irish countryside

Frank McNally – An Irishman’s Diary

Niamh Parsons & Graham Dunne - Kind Providence: dark gems

Stubbing out of 900 jobs will signal end of era for tobacco manufacturing in Ireland

Closure of Gallahers would mean there is not a single tobacco manufacturing plant on these islands

Pope Francis: ‘He seems to be walking the walk. He appears to be listening’

Christians, people of other faiths and none, give their views on Pope Francis

Orange Order evokes Britain’s past to bolster case for union

Better Together campaign distances itself from 15,000 strong march in Edinburgh

In a word ...

Gavin Whelan: Catch the Air

Cannes Film Festival: The Great Beauty/La Grande Bellezza

Paolo Sorrentino’s latest may well prove to be his masterpiece