Awesome and emphatic is how I would describe the result in the repeal referendum in the south.

IN its occupation of Palestine and in its inhumane treatment of the Palestinian people, the Israeli state is a blight on the democratic institutions of the world set up to protect people from old-style fascism perfected by Hitler or off-shoots of it that we saw in places like Chile and Cambodia.

FATHER Des Wilson glided gently into the room with the help of a walking aid.

On the steps of Áras an Uachtaráin, in a burst of unexpected sunshine, we sang happy birthday to Ireland’s President Michael D Higgins and to Mark.

I closed my eyes and let the names being read out take me back to the days of my youth.

The ‘Great Hall’ at Stormont was resplendent with the symbolism of Ireland’s long struggle for Irish independence at the unveiling last week of the portrait of Martin McGuinness.