The Queen is dead. Long live Aretha Franklin.

THE DEATH OF 76-year-old Queen of Soul Aretha Franklin has promoted figures from politics to pop music to pay tribute to the late singer’s influence on music and culture.

Library user racks up €971.65 fine after returning book 53 years late.

A TIPPERARY LIBRARY says it will waive the €971.65 fine due on a book that has been returned over five decades late. Staff at Thurles Library were surprised on Tuesday evening when a copy of ‘Father Theobald Matthew’ by Reverend Patrick Rogers was finally brought back by a member of the public.

Black Women Take Centre Stage On Coveted September Magazine Covers

When Beyoncé made the cover for Vogue, she mentioned how “When I first started, 21 years ago, I was told that it was hard for me to get onto covers of magazines because black people did not sell,” she said in a personal reflection for the iconic magazine.

26-year-old Ghanaian woman Becomes the Youngest in Africa to Run an Accredited International College

Adzogble is also the founder of IAES Africa, an international recruitment service and the co-founder and president of Caroline University; Kwame A.A Opoku serves as the additional co-founder.

Cork, Dublin and Galway voted friendliest cities in the world.

CORK HAS BEEN voted the third friendliest city in the world by Condé Nast Traveler’s annual reader survey. Three Irish cities made it into the top 10 friendliest cities list, with Cork in third place, Galway at number five, and Dublin coming in eighth place.