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A leading street artist has dismissed claims a politically charged artwork on the Moore Street 1916 battlefield site was drawn by the world-renowned Banksy. The stencil-style piece putting a new twist on Patrick Pearse’s surrender to British commanders appeared on hoarding around the national monument in Dublin’s city centre as campaigners await a court battle… Continue reading Mystery artwork on Easter Rising site 'not by Banksy'

Sir Terry Wogan acted as a bridge between Ireland and Britain, Irish premier Enda Kenny has said. Leading tributes from his home country, the Taoiseach said the Limerick-born broadcaster gave endless entertainment to Irish as well as British viewers and listeners.

Sir Terry Wogan’s home city is opening a book of condolences to allow citizens to mark the passing of a “true son of Limerick”. The legendary broadcaster regularly returned to his home town and was honoured as Freeman of the city in 2007.

God is “way off” if self-declared atheist Sir Terry Wogan does not have a place in heaven, his friend Father Brian D’Arcy has said. In an emotional tribute, Fr D’Arcy said he spent a “family day” with the broadcaster on Thursday and the pair, who worked together for decades, said their final goodbyes.

Tributes have poured in from the world of showbusiness and beyond for broadcasting great Sir Terry Wogan, who has died from cancer. Former BBC Radio 2 colleague Jeremy Vine said on Twitter: “Truly one of the greatest we have ever seen. And treated his colleagues like friends.”

Sir Terry Wogan’s passing will be felt across Britain like a death in the family, friend and fellow broadcaster Henry Kelly has said. Long-time friend of the Wogan family, Mr Kelly said he was shocked on learning of the death because Sir Terry had “put it out that he had a bad back”.

Sir Terry Wogan has been hailed as a “national treasure” after his death from cancer aged 77. The veteran broadcaster, known for his velvety voice on radio and television, was one of the UK and Ireland’s best known stars.

A ticketholder in Ireland has won 66 million euro, sharing Friday’s massive Euromillions jackpot. The prize was shared between two winning tickets – one from Ireland and the other from France – with each landing a prize of 66,188,316 euro, Camelot said.

The PSNI and Garda should be allowed to cross the border to catch criminals, a parliamentary committee has found. Cross-party TDs and senators have backed the call for new protocols to allow police incursions into each other’s jurisdiction when actively chasing suspects.

Ireland’s unique postcode system cost 20 million euro more than originally forecast as the bill for encoding public sector databases was not initially counted, a spending watchdog has been told. The 38m euro and much-maligned Eircode was also set up with the help of three consultants who were hired without a proper, open, competitive tender,… Continue reading Eircode 'cost 20m euro more than forecast as database encoding bill not counted'