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Ireland: Weaving a lyrical Irish tale or two
The melodic Irish brogue is the soundtrack to Geraldine O'Sullivan Beere's visit to Avoca County, Ireland.
Police grill 'kidnapped' tycoon
An Irish property developer who was allegedly kidnapped for eight months has been released from police custody.
Plot thickens over kidnapped tycoon
Questions have been raised about the circumstances of Irish tycoon Kevin McGeever's kidnapping.
Alec Baldwin's wife announces surprise pregnancy
Alec Baldwin and his 28-year-old yoga instructor wife Hilaria Thomas have confirmed they are expecting their first child together.
Urgent inquiry into horse meat
Food watchdogs in Britain have launched an urgent inquiry into beef produce after a number of products were found to contain horse meat.
The Irish water of life
While it may be true that the Irish like their Guinness, it's even truer they like their whiskey as well.
1920s Downton daughters
The new season of Downton Abbey sees the Grantham sisters moving with the times.
Ireland: A ballad for every occasion
Jill Worrall is schooled in the etiquette of Guinness drinking as she absorbs the unparallelled atmosphere of Ireland's pubs.
Ireland: More than bog-standard tramping
Dingle Peninsula, because of its isolation and less intensive forms of modern farming, has one of the richest concentrations of archaeological sites in Ireland.
Dingle Peninsula, County Kerry, Ireland
This windswept peninsula on Ireland's west coast has one of the richest concentrations of archaeological sites in the country.
Ireland: Raw energy on the Aran Islands
Jill Worrall takes in the dramatic scenery of Inishmore during a wild-weather cycling trip.
Inishmore, Ireland
The largest of the Aran Islands, situated off the west coast of mainland County Galway, is home to one of the most spectacularly-situated and beautifully-preserved Stone Age forts in the world.
Ireland: Puffins and piety
Jill Worrall heads across choppy waters to visit a former monastic site on a rocky Irish outcrop.
The Skellig Islands, Ireland
These two rocky outcrops off the coast of County Kerry support large gannet and puffin colonies. The larger of the two islands, Great Skellig, was also once home to a remote Christian monastery and is now a Unesco World Heritage Site.
The strange tale of Finnegan's haka
As Ireland prepare to face the All Blacks at Eden Park today, Dean Parker recalls how the New Zealand battle cry influenced one of their greatest writers
OutKast's Andre 3000 to play Jimi Hendrix in biopic
OutKast's André 3000 is set to play music icon Jimi Hendrix in a new biopic, according to a report.
Simon Calder: Titanic tells its final tale
The commemoration of the Titanic tragedy acquires a bizarre dimension.
Ireland's Ring of Kerry
The Ring of Kerry, An Mhor Chuaird, is an eye-filling sort of place. Beginning and ending in the fine city of Killarney, it's a 180km road circuit out and around the Iveragh Peninsula that has some of the best scenery in Ireland.
Irish stones and stories
Greg Dixon dons his walking shoes to visit the ancient sites in the Ring of Kerry.