It is a collection of eight Irish-owned and managed hotels, including the Radisson Blu hotels in Cork, Limerick, Athlone, and Sligo, and Muckross Park Hotel in Killarney.

That the Madrid climate talks ended with an inconclusive agreement and a decision to ask countries to be more ambitious in cutting greenhouse gas emissions to realise the 2015 Paris accord shows we have, to use David Axelrod’s all-too-apt phrase, passed the swimsuit stage of international negotiations on climate change.

From Dublin to Galway to Cork, Paul McLauchlan meets the women at the heart of Ireland’s luxury independent boutiques.

James O’Donovan, Tim Young, Billy McAuliffe, and Aidan Murphy were the top four performers in Sunday’s senior men’s trials for the Irish road team at next year’s European championships in Germany.

Back to school. Our little dotes are busily settling back into school, some making new friends, others reacquainting with special pals from last term.

A pregnant woman who was charged with the murder of two-year-old Santina Cawley in Cork city last month has been granted bail.

Martin Coppinger got his bid to reach the Hurley’s of Midleton King of the Roads back on track with an impressive win over Gary Daly in the Mick Barry Cup at Ballincurrig on Sunday.

Aidan Murphy’s All-Ireland winning performance on Sunday was all about extending to the limits of his physical powers, sustaining an emotional charge for over two hours and at the end to have the self-belief, energy and skill to play a knockout last shot.

As John Creedon's latest road trip hits our screens, he tells Marjorie Brennan how his inner child has led him to the life he always dreamed of.

Gary Daly gained a maximum 18 points in the first day of the Mick Barry Cup at Ballincurrig to lead the race for the last spot in the 2019 Hurley’s of Midleton King of the Roads.

A 50-year-old woman with schizophrenia has been deemed unfit to stand trial for the murder of a Malawian national at her south Dublin home last year.

The jury did not hear evidence that Patrick Quirke had secret audio recordings of him being "intimate" with Mary Lowry and that his computer was used to look up articles on notorious Irish murderers including Joe O'Reilly.

Raymond Ryan and Donal O’Riordan had the first two wins in the 2019 Munster intermediate championship.

The jury in the trial of a farmer who denies murdering his alleged love rival will return to the Central Criminal Court for their eighth day of deliberations tomorrow.

The jury in the trial of a 50-year-old farmer charged with murdering his alleged love rival, and hiding his body in an underground tank, have been sent home for the weekend and will return for a fifth day of deliberations on Monday.

The jury in the trial of a 50-year-old farmer charged with murdering his alleged love rival, and hiding his body in an underground tank, have paused their deliberations for the night to resume tomorrow morning.

It is expected that these sides will meet again before the championship is out should Tipperary overcome Limerick in their final round-robin meeting, so it comes as no great shock that this 60 minutes resembled a game of cat and mouse, with neither side keen to go at full tilt.

Captain Kyle Shelly kicked 2-8 (2-2 from play) as a strong, skilful and speedy Tipperary had the two points wrapped up by half-time.

An agricultural contractor bled to death after he was shot in the left arm while working late in the to evening in October of last year in Macroom, Co Cork, his inquest has heard.

Sixty minutes plus injury-time, 20 minutes of extra-time, another 10 minutes of "extra" extra-time, and still these brave teams couldn't be separated as they put everything they had into trying to earn a place in this year's Harty Cup semi-final.

What did you get from Santa? Some well-known Irish people tell Donal O’Keeffe about their most memorable Christmas present

The proportion of people dying in Irish hospitals after being admitted having suffering a heart attack has almost halved in the last 10 years.

Draft plans have been drawn up for a €1m Irish language childcare centre, whose development was scuppered 10 years ago by the economic downturn.

A father of two, previously convicted of sexually assaulting a student, has pleaded guilty to separate sex attacks on two other women he met on the Tinder dating app.

It’s currently called The Top of Coom but it could arguably become The Castle on the Hill should Ed Sheeran accept an invite to visit the pub that features in his favourite YouTube video, writes Catherine Shanahan    

David Creedon has been nominated for the Hennessy Portrait Prize for his picture of Billy Ramsell. It’s the latest addition to his hugely impressive body of work, writes Marjorie Brennan.

Dean Ryan Cup final - Thurles CBS 3-15 - Midleton CBS 2-15: The Dean Ryan Cup is back in the hands of Thurles CBS after a highly entertaining final at Clonmel yesterday.

A primary school has challenged a direction of the Department of Education that it must enrol a child with speech and language problems despite there not being a place for him.

Logistics company DHL has launched a legal challenge against a Labour Court ruling that it must pay one of its former drivers over €72,000 for unfairly dismissing him from his job.

Global electronic giants Panasonic has brought High Court proceedings against an Irish-based firm over alleged breaches of its copyright and intellectual property rights.

Michael Harrington franked his All-Ireland intermediate credentials with an impressive win over Christy Mullins in the Cancer Research benefit at Shannonvale on Saturday.

Peter Creedon and his Laois management set-up have decided not to seek reappointment for the 2018 season.

Michael Harrington leads the Munster team in the first All-Ireland series at Grenagh this weekend. The Killarney man is hoping to make history as the first Kerry native to win the title when he faces Paul Rafferty on Saturday.

John Creedon heads down the Shannon in his latest summer travel show for RTE. The leisurely cruise allowed him to reminisce on his long career on radio and TV. He talks to Ailin Quinlan about three decades at RTE.

Helen O’Callaghan hears how the heat can impact your pooch.

Gavin Twohig beat Éamon Bowen by almost a bowl in the first round of the Munster senior championship in driving rain at Templemartin on Monday.

Four goals in six minutes of devastation sent Longford packing and set Laois up for a Leinster quarter-final clash with bitter rivals Kildare.

James O’Donovan is the first name on the Willie Whelton Cup after a sensational performance saw him beat All-Ireland champion Thomas Mackle by three bowls of odds at Grange.

Edmond Sexton opened his 2017 campaign with an impressive win over James O’Donovan in the first score in the renewal of the Dennis McGarry Cup at Whitechurch.

Martin Coppinger ended 2016 on a high after beating David Murphy in the last shot of the feature score in the RNLI benefit at Castletownbere.

Martin Coppinger won the Noel Phair Cup at Shannonvale, ending James O’Donovan’s fantastic run of wins.

New Laois senior football team manager Peter Creedon insists that operating in the same province as Dublin will hold no fears for him. 

They’re an obstinate bunch, Tipperary football folk. Small in number but big in pretty much everything else — it took three pleas from the PA announcer in Croke Park to convince them to leave the stadium long after the players had retired to their dressing room.