Olivia Colman wins best actress for performance in Yorgos Lanthimos’s Irish production

The Favourite from Yorgos Lanthimos will compete for the Golden Lion at Venice and John Butler’s Papi Chulo will premiere at Toronto

Hans Sloane also acted as private physician to three British monarchs

Christian Davies donned her missing husband’s clothes and went to war to find him

Five-star Clare estate is spending €20m on a tune-up as US customers flock in

Opera found itself at the centre of a struggle between internationalism and Englishness

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Marshfield House in Leixlip is back on the market seeking €1.7 million

The 38-bedroom hotel is on 6.5 acres and overlooks Killarney National Park and lakes

Metropolitan Police said at least 50 arrests made, mainly for public order offences

Gardening and writing are Anna Pavord’s two favourite disciplines and she combines them beautifully

Title deed signed over from Joshua Dawson to Corporation on May 18th, 1715

One of the last Queen Anne-style houses in Ireland, it is believed to have been designed by William Robinson, who also did Kilmainham Hospital and Marsh’s Library

Brilliant sprinter takes King’s Stand for second year in succession

Ireland reign supreme on opening day of Royal Ascot with four winners, including the three Group Ones