Metropole Hotel

Talk about it: Art and architecture talks in Dublin and Cork

From Augustus Pugin to French postcards, a guide to lectures taking place this autumn

No Markle debacle for Cork fishmonger with grá for Meghan

Rebel county dusts off its royal pretensions to enjoy occasion ‘part history and part fantasy’

Any excuse for a party? The Irish people celebrating Meghan and Harry's wedding

There’s no better way to watch royal event, even ironically, than a viewing party

Pubic transport – An Irishman’s Diary on the dangers of taxi ranks

Brussels: So much more than the sum of its diplomats

Enjoy layer upon layer of cultural endeavours over the course of a weekend at the Belgians’ inimitably leisurely pace

Cork Jazz Festival draws 40,000 fans and 1,000 musicians

Event started in 1978 as a last-minute replacement for cancelled bridge tournament

The Irish Times in 1916: a newspaper in focus

Today's Irish Times newspaper is a souvenir edition of a 1916 paper that reported the Rising in microscopic detail – and carried some curious advertisements

Hotel portfolio makes over €35m

Irish buyers purchased six of seven hotels

Nama moves to sell €778m Barrett loan portfolio

Loans secured against 10 assets including G Hotel in Galway

€30m for portfolio of three top hotels

Metropole, Ormonde Hotel and Malton to be sold as a portfolio or in individual lots

Nile Rogers and Chic pay tribute to Cork Jazz Festival

“Cork was the first in Ireland to book Chic at a concert. Tonight we came back and it was spectacular”

Chess union announces inquiry into allegations of cheating at tournament

Union to take statements from players at centre of controversy

Chess group calls meeting over cheating allegation

Boy alleged to have gone to toilet 20 times during game

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