There’s always a Twitter wag who can cut to the quick of what a lot of us are thinking: Imagine a competition where men line up in their finery to be interviewed by Gráinne Seoige and to dance a jig while their dads weep in the audience and say how much they love their Irish granny. No? Too much to imagine?

A 48-year-old woman has been cleared of murdering her boyfriend but found guilty of his manslaughter by stabbing him in their home.

A woman accused of murdering her boyfriend said her doctor had been concerned that she could have been killed after the deceased had previously beaten her, and suggested she ‘have a sharp object handy just in case' he assaulted her again.

The Civil Defence is a volunteer based organisation which supports the front line emergency services such as An Garda Síochána in times of emergency.

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Andrew Melsom on a collection remembering Irish soldiers’ often heroic roles in World War I    

A convicted criminal has died in Wales after he was tasered after attacking a woman whose face he allegedly tried to eat.

The largest Electric Picnic in the event’s 11-year history came to a close last night with a massive thumbs-up from most of the 40,000 punters who attended the three-day event in Stradbally, Co Laois.

Elbow, The Script and Lenny Kravitz have joined the line-up for the 2014 iTunes Festival.

Over 150,000 Irish people are caring for ill or elderly relatives in their own homes, it was revealed today.

Around 20,000 lives could be saved every year, if just one in 10 people knew First Aid, according to the Red Cross.