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The “Festival of Britain” appears under threat as the DUP will only support it if it is called the “Festival of Great Britain and Northern Ireland” and held in the Fermanagh and South Tyrone constituency of Arlene Foster. Photograph: Dominic Lipinski/PA
April Fool’s Day: Hard to distinguish Brexit-themed japes from reality

There were plenty of Brexit-themed japes to be found on April Fool’s Day this year although, to be honest, they were hard to distinguish from the othe(...)

At one point your typical Irish home featured a bulky stereo systems, ashtrays galore, VHS cassettes and a budgie. Illustration: Paul Scott
Sacred hearts, stereos, JFK and ashtrays: 22 relics of Irish homes past

There is a wonderful museum on Henrietta Street in Dublin 1 which is dedicated to the slums and the tenements of Dublin in the rare auld times. Many o(...)

Management at Lillie’s Bordello said they had “exciting plans coming down the tracks”.
Boomtime hangout Lillie’s Bordello to shut in new year

There will be wailing and gnashing of teeth among Ireland’s minor celebrity set this weekend after news broke that Lillie’s Bordello is to close its d(...)

Official statistics returned to the EPA suggest local authorities regulate more than 6,000 waste operations and carry out more than 25,000 inspections each year. File photograph: David Sleator
Donegal has poorest performing council for investment in waste services

There are significant discrepancies between the sums of money county and city councils across the Republic spend policing illegal dumping with some se(...)

Members of An Garda Síochána searching a site in Chapelizod in relation to the disappearance of Trevor Deely. Photograph: Nick Bradshaw
Deely search area difficult to access without local knowledge

The piece of land gardaí sealed off at the weekend as part of a search in relation to the disappearance of Trevor Deely was “not somewhere you would e(...)

Jessica and Rebecca Kelly, and Lucy Roberts looking for fairy at Bord na Móna’s Lough Boora Discovery Park Fairy Fun Day in Co Offaly. Photograph: Jeff Harvey
Fairy festival in Co Offaly works magic in aid of Barretstown

There was high drama in a midlands bog on Saturday when Snow White got trapped in a fairy tree and a mini riot broke out as little people fought hard (...)

Hannah Barry (8) and Alex Blood (7) at the Get Your Spook Off Halloween event at St Catherine’s Church, Thomas Street. Photograph: Aidan Crawley
Halloween’s scary fairies get thumbs down from exorcists

There was a time – and it wasn’t that long ago – when Halloween was a low-key affair, when the nation’s children donned cheap plastic masks and wander(...)

Sale shoppers wait outside Arnotts on Henry Street, Dublin, on St Stephen’s morning. Photograph: Stephen Collins/Collins Photos
Hard to say that the benefits outweigh the bother

There were 1,600 people queuing outside Next in the Dundrum Town Centre before it opened its doors at 6am on St Stephen’s Day. A further 300 people ha(...)