Two views of the Rising and the Ireland it helped to create

Against the odds, the RHA is still around, with this year’s exhibition one of its best. And despite our changing tastes, portrait painting has survived the advent of the selfie

‘Our friendship is a food friendship, we talk about food all the time’

The profitable business had been run by Ely since 2007

The sense of something fleeting and fading gives exhibitions by Garry, Tjibbe Hooghiemstra and Nick Miller their strength

More than 350 guests were at the function

‘I will have to decide if I wish to stay in religious life’

After a morning at the coalface Catherine Cleary finds a Leitrim pub that’s a real crowd pleaser