A Co Clare hotelier has offered to fund the return ‘home’ of an 80-year-old Lahinch man who has wondered if there is anyone left in the seaside resort who remembers him.

Police Departments in the US have been taking part in a lip sync challenge and the results so far are unreal.

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Love - we all dream of it and to us, these two penguins are definitely #goals.

Imagined Things Books - a small, independent bookshop - tweeted about struggling to get customers, and was rewarded with some heartwarming reactions from the public.

Dogs and food - both are universally loved.

After their team's 2-1 win over Poland, some fans decided to stay back and help with the cleanup.

Both teachers and staff share the relief of having made it through another school year and for school receptionist Regina Ballard music was the only way she could express her joy.

Ross Molloy from Stradbally showed off his musical talents and wrote a song about the county's journey to the Leinster final.

A French bulldog has been pictured waiting patiently for his owner outside their work canteen and Twitter is in love with him.

Ben, or The Flippist, creates flip books drawn from hand to mark personal and or pop culture events.

Twin brothers Neil and Paul Casey, and friend Gavin McCormack were flying home to Dublin from Barcelona on Wednesday night when they decided to cheer up passengers.

Leaving Cert students’ finally finished the second part to the Irish paper this morning after tackling Paper one yesterday evening.

Schoolboy Jack, from Cartaglen National School in County Kerry, won a competition to present the forecast.

We have all been told not to speak ill of the dead but apparently not everyone heeds that advice.

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How well will you do?

Great finish though…

The fan lambasted the team for their lack of passion, lack of application and lack of touch with the common man.

Number 1 written all over it!

The legislative polls come one month after Macron was elected as French president.

There have been a few changes since the last time these two met.

Obviously no-one can agree on anything.

Kenny is on his annual stateside St Patrick’s trip.

What are we looking at?

Selfie, Roy? Maybe some other time.

We’re not sure Marie Curie wore false eyelashes and eyeliner, to be honest.

Don’t injure him, Darren!

If you've ever thought about squeezing yourself into a tight one-piece to look slim in something else that's tight, check out these viral pics first.

There's a lot more to this than meets the eye.

The slow loris of Indonesia is in serious danger of extinction, their greatest threat being the illegal pet trade.

A glass bridge in China was put to the test with volunteers and staff offered the chance to prove its safety.

The record saw the largest gathering of people dressed as ghosts at a single venue. 

A ondon homeowner found the fox cub when he went to change the dishwasher

A 1,300 strong flock of sheep had to be rounded up by police in the Spanish city of Huesca after their shepherd fell asleep.

Black bear Takoda enjoys a soak in his tub on a hot day.

This extremely lucky skydiver dodged certain death when he was saved after an unfortunate error!

MANY of us who got our teenage romances, rebellions and rows over with before the era of Snapchat and Vine are truly grateful for this fortunate sequence of events. 

Clever clogs!