Richmond, Virginia and Dublin in Ireland: How two sculptures, thousands of miles apart, unite to reimagine something terrible into a thing of great beauty and power

Just like their bland aesthetic, social media stars’ low-risk, high-gain activism has become a core part of how they attract attention, writes Rachel Connolly

There is a risk that diversity training and unconscious-bias training can be used to 'tick the box' when it comes to dealing with the problem of discrimination, the report pointed out.

— and films this evening include Inside Out, Christine, and Kingsman: The Secret Service

It is timely and encouraging that the Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to  journalists.

The team gave us an insight into a modern nation but the racial abuse they received shows it won’t be an easy transition

In 1921, a white mob attacked the greenwood district of Tulsa, killing hundreds of black people and destroying the neighbourhood during one of the worst chapters in America's history of racial violence. Justice has never been served. Can it still be today?

Irish secondary school pupils speak out one year on from the death of George Floyd in US

"The only reason I didn’t turn it off (in the first half-hour) is because my wife has a higher tolerance for torture on telly and she wanted to stay watching."

The stillbirth rate for national African mothers is 6.3% compared to 3.7% for national Irish mothers.

Conviction of former cop Derek Chauvin for murder and manslaughter brings hope for change and restoration

'It’s all very well being an ally, but being an ally means having to speak up even when it’s uncomfortable, even when it would be easier to say nothing, to do nothing'

Outrage is empty unless underpinned by capability

Fine Gael city councillor Joe Kavanagh said: 'I fully support Black Lives Matter. I’m not supporting anyone who supports racism so, of course, I support Black Lives Matter'

If we ever needed a clearer depiction of white supremacy and white privilege then Tuesday’s events in Washington painted it for us in the most emphatic way possible

The family sought, and obtained, permission from the coroner to carry out an independent examination.

Northern Ireland’s Police Ombudsman Marie Anderson said concerns around discriminatory police handling of the protests in June were justified.

The decade of centenaries

A Louisville police officer who shot Breonna Taylor after he was wounded by her boyfriend has said she “didn’t deserve to die”.

The former Minneapolis police officer charged with murdering George Floyd has been released from prison after posting 1 million dollar bail.

A poet and writer living in Cork, Kimberly Reyes compares the life of Irish people in Ireland and the experience of black people around the world — and says that racism, which she once viewed as an American problem, is to be found everywhere

The Shelbourne Hotel in Dublin is to reinstall four statues it removed from outside its premises earlier this year.

A grand jury in Kentucky is scheduled to present its findings into the fatal shooting of Breonna Taylor to a judge on Wednesday. The emergency worker was killed by police officers who burst into her home at night.

The Black Lives Matter protests are an entirely justifiable response to the institutionalised, institutionally protected, and endorsed racism that has bedevilled America since that country's inception.

Author Anthony Spencer said: "We protect dead statues. Let’s protect people for a change. Let’s protect black people."

Actress and comedian Ayo Edebiri has been announced as Jenny Slate’s replacement on Netflix animated comedy Big Mouth. Slate, who is white, said in June she would no longer voice the character of Missy, who is black.

Rule, Britannia! and Land Of Hope And Glory will be performed by the orchestra, but without singing

The father of a black man who was shot by police in Kenosha, Wisconsin, says his son has been left paralysed from the waist down.

The BBC is said to be discussing whether to drop Rule Britannia! and Land Of Hope And Glory from the finale.

The arrest during a protest in Portland, Oregon, of a black woman who became a leading activist in the racial justice movement after she was assaulted by a white supremacist three years ago has galvanised Black Lives Matter groups.

It is now believed the four statues removed from outside Dublin's Shelbourne Hotel depict royals and do not include "slave girls".

Marvel star Zoe Saldana has apologised for playing revered singer and civil rights activist Nina Simone in a much-maligned 2016 biopic.

The Irish Georgian Society has said it was never consulted about the removal of four statues from Dublin's Shelbourne Hotel.