Gay Byrne - ‘Ireland’s Late Late hero’

We asked transition year students who visited The Irish Times this week to share their thoughts on Gay Byrne who died on Monday, aged 85. This is what they had to say...

Brendan Grace: The best bits from a life in comedy

These eight YouTube clips show Brendan Grace’s pioneering, inimitable comedy style

Brendan Grace: His big break came when he gave the gig of his life for Frank Sinatra

Grace was a pioneer in Ireland, writing and performing his own comedy as a headline act

Anatomy of a murder: How Patrick Quirke murdered Bobby Ryan

Mr Moonlight case: the story of the Tipperary murder and subsequent trial

Marina penthouse with true blue views for €635k

Malahide two-bed has panoramic vistas to Lambay Island and Island Golf Club

‘Any chance of a passport?’ asks the Queen while Lars Von Trier takes on Mrs Brown

Patrick Freyne previews this year’s Christmas TV and gives away some plot twists

The Gift review: a commendable if uneven study of grief

There are moments of promise in Damian O’Callaghan’s debut, but too often The Gift tends towards melodrama

Saying goodbye to the Merriman Tavern

Drawing pictures for Enya, and singing songs for Planxty was all part of life over the bar in Scariff, Co Clare

Mother of dancer Michael Flatley laid to rest in Co Carlow

Remains of Elizabeth Flatley, who died in Chicago on December 28th, were flown home in recent days

Widow says Jerry McCabe killers have no place in family’s lives

Event to mark 20th anniversary of garda’s murder hears of refusal to feel injustice

Belt-tightening time at 115th US Open

Midway lead at Chambers Bay jointly held by Jordan Spieth and Patrick Reed

Mrs Brown’s Boys triumphs again in the Christmas ratings

Brendan O’Carroll’s alter-ego is most watched programme in UK and Ireland

The Times We Lived In: Waxing lyrical – thumbs up for Bottler

Published: July 8th, 1989 Photograph: Jack McManus

Hostility to funeral eulogies reflects an unchristian disregard for need to grieve

Opinion: Bishop’s opposition may stem from desire to have monopoly in the utterance of wise words

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