Veteran actor was the force behind one of British TV’s most famous characters

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Margaret of Argyll was unfairly vilified for her promiscuity, says writer of BBC drama

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Sheila Shelton was adopted by a couple in the US from a Tipperary mother and baby home

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European elections offer opportunity to boost case for people’s vote on Brexit

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Midfield of Kerry women’s team blitzes through Waterford at Fitzgerald Stadium

Former Portuguese colony in China is a hybrid of cultures – and experiences

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What we voted for is a profound shift of priorities, towards decent services, a fair use of public resources and a reversal of the drift towards inequality

Anti-slavery commissioner warns children used for pickpocketing and begging

A group of writers have been commissioned to devise new endings to classic novels. Here we look at how Jane Eyre’s life might have been.

With the Ballymaloe Literary Festival taking place this weekend, here are 20 literary quotations to whet the appetite