Dublin auctioneer to hold annual sale of some 900 lots at Townley Hall in Co Louth

AA says Dublin City Council has ‘blind spot, to the point of being spiteful’ when it comes to cars

Maroon vintage Model Y Baby Ford Prefect 1939 car fetches €4,000 at RJ Keighery’s City Auction Rooms in Waterford

Three British writers among contenders as some big names omitted from final list

Manager hopes Israelis will visit street artist’s creation with aim of improving relations

The author of a new book on Dublin’s cultural quarter reveals some of its more obscure details and the historic figures associated with many of its buildings

Traders’ lobby group opposes proposed changes to city-centre traffic flows

Two arrested by police in England on suspiction of manslaughter by gross negligence

On the second day of the Easter Rising, soldiers poured into Dublin, and martial law was declared

Study shows staying in education helps criminals process numbers, think logically

With war and conflict affecting some popular tourist haunts this summer, more people are returning to old reliables such as Spain. Conor Pope finds 10 of the more offbeat – and affordable – destinations

Crowd in city centre urged to vote for Right2Change candidates in general election

Celebrities dressed in multi-coloured onesies being hurtled to their potential death? Channel 4’s winter-sports reality show really should be more fun than this

15th anniversary sees successful programme popular at home and abroad

Let us not be coy: there are some on the left who are stumped by poor white people

Amid all the swashbuckling, derring-do and mild ecological messages, Ron Howard delivers a delightfully old-fashioned high-seas adventure

‘It’s really not glandular, it’s your gluttony’ - Woman tweets image of abusive leaflet

Sheep May Safely Graze was written as a kind of tribute to all the things I have loved most, Tipperary’s tumbled fields and unkempt hedgerows, its hounds and horses

Sale of two interlinking two-storey retail units on Essex Street

A fragmented narrative of childhood repressions shows the disturbed mind of a German judge

The uncluttered charm of Clarke and Moyet’s debut stems from this unusual but intriguing combination at the heart of their sound

Ted Shea fought terrifying battles in the Parachute Regiment in the second World War

Dublin due to remain dry initially for marathon, but rain will spread from the west

Locals warn of increasing drug use in area, while some streets are ‘basically lawless’

Perry Wharrie serving jail term for part in €440 million cocaine seizure off Cork coast

Plus, David Godbold’s sarcasm continues to divide; and David Claerbout is never less than watchable

Council proposes to spend €12 million on a new bridge east of the Samuel Beckett Bridge

Student was murdered after chance meeting three months after arriving in Glasgow

If seagulls are becoming more aggressive towards humans, then we need to understand how our own changing behaviour has changed theirs

Trial judge may have erred in principle in imposing 30-year term, says appeal court

Perry Wharrie to learn today if he has been successful in having 30 years term reduced

More than 5,000 have already submitted their favourite shops. Here are a few of the stories behind the nominations

Channel 4’s popular ‘fixed rig’ documentaries inspire RTÉ One as it calls for ideas

Former TV presenter was arrested over the death of Stuart Lubbock (31) at his home in 2007

Northern Ireland has produced many influential names in fashion and design. Here are six of the new generation of northerners making a name for themselves in the business of fashion

Review: ‘Mad Men’, ‘Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell’, ‘Grayson Perry’s Dream House’

Television review: Pat Kenny in the Round, Claire Byrne Live and The Affair

Gillian O’Brien lifts the lid on the icepick murder of an Irish patriot that shocked America and split Clan na Gael

Floral prints are everywhere this season. But there is a skill in putting all the elements of a floral outfit together