Hurricane Irma is showing signs of weakening and could be downgraded to a tropical storm on Monday.

Jondol Furniture directors, John and Dolores Quinn, have been adjudicated bankrupts by Ms Justice Marie Baker, in the High Court, on foot of a petition by the Revenue Commissioners.

Another Moffett win, but, this time, it was the younger sibling, Josh: he won the Enniskillen-based Trailer Parts and Spares Lakeland Forest Rally, the penultimate round of the Valvoline Irish Forest Rally Championship and a round of the Northern Ireland Rally series.

A shopkeeper dubbed the "Basil Fawlty of books" and whose rudeness sparked more than 20 complaints has announced he is selling up.

Anna Richardson says the nude dating show Naked Attraction will take things one step further on the new series, writes Jeananne Craig.

Peter Dowdall on the rose hybrid named for a man who made the mistake of upbraiding his missus.

A 14-year-old boy has died in hospital after being hit by a train at a level crossing in the UK.

During the downturn, it seemed that every second small retail letting was to a barber’s or a hairdresser’s salon.

Tommy Barker on a country home that has engrossing tales to tell of changing political times and family ties.

A loner pet owner who drunkenly decapitated her two snakes with scissors before swallowing their heads has escaped jail.

A major road has been closed after the crash.

A 51-year-old man has been charged in England under modern slavery laws with keeping a person in servitude and arranging the travel of another person.

ZIMBABWE: Zimbabwe’s reigning Mr Ugly faces tough competition in this year’s contest, with organisers saying they received a record number of entries.

Patricia Storey was lost on her way to the airport when a stranger stepped in to help her.

It was a week in which the business news was dominated by the travails of dodgy German car salesmen and by the Flight of the Web Summit Earls to a less costly Lisbon.

Summer may be the big time for blockbuster movies but its the latter part of the year which sees the major gaming releases, gearing up for the big rush of Christmas.

A 31-year-old man has been arrested after a brawl on a motorway in England caused early morning tailbacks.

Jesse Armstrong’s observations on posh people have borne fruit in his debut novel and his writing for sitcoms such as Peep Show, says Richard Fitzpatrick

ANGELA Scanlon is from Co Meath and presents RTÉ travel show, Getaways, as well as being the online presenter for The Voice UK.

A Conservative MP has said he will complain to the new press regulator over the “entrapment” by Sunday newspaper which prompted a British government minister to resign.

Communications watchdog Ofcom could launch an investigation into The Great British Bake Off’s “bin-cident” row after viewers complained about the alleged sabotage of contestant Iain Watters’ Baked Alaska.

Controversial Great British Bake Off contestant Diana Beard has left the show after she “fell ill” with BBC bosses saying her exit is unrelated to the controversy that saw some viewers blame her for the departure of fellow baker Iain Watters.

It is one of Ireland’s most iconic parkland courses and as such it is only fitting the Alister MacKenzie layout at Cork Golf Club has a superintendent of equal standing.

My life informs my writing.

A firm that runs a string of nursing homes in England has released dramatic CCTV footage of the moment when a neighbouring building’s roof was ripped off by high winds.

Britain’s Ollie Townend returns to the Johnson and Perrott Land Rover Ballindenisk International Horse Trials on a horse he’s nicknamed Imperial Disaster, and Bandon-based Michael Ryan feels he’s still a good bet to win the Goresbridge Go For Gold €50,000 bonus.

The UK's Environment Secretary Owen Paterson has urged the country to wake up to the “massive” potential advantages of fracking and accused opponents of the technique of scaremongering.

A man has appeared before magistrates today charged with the murder of a 17-year-old girl who went missing from her home.

In the UK, police searching for a missing 17-year-old in the West Midlands region of Shropshire have been given more time to question a murder suspect.

Pet psychic Jackie Weaver stunned Dan Buckley with what she found out after a video ‘chat’ with his trusty dog Rusty

Full Jack (Marcel Rolland/Alexis Acker) finished full of running to claim France’s version of the Grand National — the Group 3 Prix du President de la Republique at Auteuil yesterday.

Galway has been named UK & Ireland Great Town of the Year 2013.