State architect hopes to push Ireland in Dutch direction

Ciarán O’Connor urges ‘proper dialogue’ on architecture in Ireland

Knees and the Man – Frank McNally on 1,000 years of war and peace in Islandbridge

Spire architect designs new €6m Dublin bridge

Pedestrian and cyclist bridge will be built in National War Memorial Gardens at Islandbridge

Property 2018: Twelve standout houses we fell for this year

From a Hollywood-style beach house in Co Louth to a Ranelagh sale that led to love

Macron to start six-day commemorative visit of WWI frontlines

French president to meet May, Merkel and Mali president during Alsace-Moselle events

470-acre Howth Castle sold to Irish investment group Tetrarch

Group plans to reopen Deer Park Hotel as ‘luxury’ property and transform golf courses

The Irish landscaper building a war memorial garden in France

Garden at the Château de Péronne will mark the Irish contribution in WW1

Liffey bridge may link Phoenix Park to War Memorial Gardens

Span would realise celebrated architect Edwin Lutyens’ original vision for the gardens

Dermot Desmond trust wants to demolish State's most expensive house

It was sold in 2005 for €58 million but now owner Celtic Trustees wants to knock Walford and build a vast new house and garden

Shrewsbury Road site for seven houses to go on sale for €10m

Exclusive plot on 0.9 acres that was home to Chester Beatty Library

Sale of London buildings linked to fraudster likely to benefit AIB

Irish bank was duped into loaning Greek businessman Achilleas Kallakis €740m

Salvador Dalí’s lobster telephone and Mae West lips sofa to be sold at auction

Renowned surrealist artworks among hundreds of objects to be sold by Christie’s

Four main Church leaders and President Higgins to attend Somme ceremonies

‘For many families, like my own, the events of 1916 are still personal’ – Moderator

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Dublin’s Ha’penny Bridge reaches its 200th birthday

Landmark has survived despite criticism by WB Yeats and the scourge of ‘love locks’