Home-schooling mum Joanna O’Sullivan

Following South Africa’s deserved Rugby World Cup victory I felt it was about time that I featured some of their wines.

The world's smallest surviving baby ever born, weighing as light as an apple, was delivered in Sand Diego, California in December last year.

The Taoiseach Leo Varadkar helped to launch this year's Daffodil Day, but someone wasn't happy about it.

An online fundraising page has been set up to raise funds for the medical care of an inspirational dad who created an app to help his daughter who is non-verbal to communicate.

Motor neurone disease (MND) is like a shadowy, unwelcome guest, who has arrived at her family home and refuses to leave, says Ruth Fitzmaurice.

The High Court has been asked to approve legal aid to six individuals who want to oppose claims by CAB that certain assets seized by the Bureau as part of its investigation into the Kinahan crime cartel are the proceeds of crime.

A UK hospital has admitted negligence after staff mistakenly monitored a mother's heart rate instead of her baby's.

* Brother Hubbard’s Beef Koftas

The owners of a dog featuring in a new television series about a Cork veterinary practice fear she has been stolen.

The cheek!

A waitress in an American cafe had an unpleasant experience recently when she became the subject of a hateful comment after serving a couple in the diner where she worked.

A dog set for national stardom has gone missing and is feared stolen by his owners.

A “psycho” ex has been jailed for life and ordered to serve a minimum of 30 years in jail for the gruesome stun gun murder of her love rival.

South African wine doesn’t feature on this page all that often for the simple reason that there is not that much imported here compared to other countries, and a lot of what I have tasted is either not worth writing about, or is too expensive for the quality.

Laughter was the last thing expected at David Byrne’s funeral.

The Cold War is heading for deep freeze as Bridge of Spies (12A) opens in 1957 with the capture of Russian spy Rudolf Abel (Mark Rylance) in New York. 

Author, actress, shoe designer - and now screenwriter. Joyce Fagan talks career and family with Amy Huberman.    

Anchorman actress goes on very different car journeys in her next two movies, writes Jeananne Craig

A father has developed new channels of communication for his autistic young daughter with an invention which may revolutionise one-to-one contact with people who have non-verbal disabilities.

A father has developed new channels of communication for his autistic daughter with an invention which may revolutionise one-to-one contact with people who have non-verbal disabilities.

From a singing priest to a little girl singing Frozen, YouTube’s 10 most watched videos in Ireland this year show we Irish are a diverse lot when it comes to what we watch.

WHEN Ireland’s golden couple, Brian O’Driscoll and Amy Huberman, announced the birth of their daughter, Sadie, in February 2013, they started a trend — Sadie became one of the most popular girls’ names in Ireland for the first time. Why are Irish parents, like Brian and Amy, opting for shorter versions for their children and do these and other trends have any long term impact, asks Nuala Woulfe

Jessica Biel and Justin Timberlake are planning to move to his hometown of Memphis, Tennessee.

Brian O'Driscoll and Amy Huberman have welcomed their second child, Billy O'Driscoll, this afternoon.

MOVE over Prince George, Aoife Belle, Patrick and Sadie. There’s another on the way.

Adam Sandler has won a legal dispute against his former nanny.

When Sadie realises that her baby brother isn't going to stay small and cute forever, she has a bit of an existential crisis.

From a nation of Marys and Johns in the 1960s, modern Ireland is now full of little Jacks and Emilys.

Jack and Emily were the most popular names for newborns in Ireland last year, an official survey reveals.

A Fianna Fáil councillor readily admits people will still slam the door in his face when he’s canvassing. But he maintains it’s not as prevalent as it was three years ago — when he tried to retain his father’s former Dáil seat.

Most of us borrow money some time in our lives, whether it’s for a house, a car, a holiday, or just to make ends meet.

The Irish Film and Television Awards (IFTAs) are almost upon us, and this year sees a stellar line-up gracing the red carpet.

Joe Schmidt has been building Ireland’s new dynasty of outside centres to replace Brian O’Driscoll for nine months.

We got a balloon-modelling guy in New York to do up a tribute to BOD. He even included little Sadie...

As if we didn't know already, Brian O'Driscoll demonstrated his legendary status today by surprising a fan on radio.

The pundits may have written off France but Ireland will definitely not do likewise ahead off their RBS 6 Nations title decider in Paris on Saturday.

Good news.

We all know it's Brian O'Driscoll's final home game for Ireland tomorrow.

Britney Spears stunned an unsuspecting fan on 'Surprise Surprise'.

Greenshine are Noel Shine, Mary Greene and their 17-year-old daughter, Ellie. It’s also the title of their newly released album, a delightful collection of 14 folk and country tinged songs, book-ended by a classic Beatles track and an Irish traditional celebration of ‘May Day’.

WHEN Ruth met Simon Fitzmaurice, she sensed he was special. But they were in college, and he always had a girlfriend. The two didn’t get together until 2000, when they met by chance at a bus-stop.

Rugby legend Brian O’Driscoll has revealed he secretly hid his gumshield in his suit pocket when his shock axing from the Lions’ sidelined him to the stands — just in case he was needed as an eleventh hour replacement.

An elderly woman has died tragically after falling out of a window of her fourth-floor apartment in central Dublin.

A highly respected Garda detective collapsed and died yesterday at a local sports facility in Co Clare.

The ink had hardly time to dry on Brian O’Driscoll’s new one-year contract yesterday when Joe Schmidt was asked if there was any chance of the 34-year-old being persuaded to double the duration and play on through to the 2015 World Cup.