A status red wind warning is now in place for Clare and Galway as Storm Jorge hits Ireland.

The K Club is to move into new ownership after businessman Michael Smurfit confirmed he is selling the golf resort.

BONHAMS will offer this large and impressive Waterford 18-light waterfall-and-bag chandelier at its home and interiors sale in Knightsbridge, London, on Tuesday.

A top lieutenant in the Kinahan crime cartel is being questioned for suspected money laundering in a major operation led by the Criminal Assets Bureau.

Keith Earls has been leaning on the talents of world-renowned mentalist and magician Keith Barry in an attempt to maximise his current run of fine form.

An application by AIB for summary judgment of €6m against a woman who, with her late husband, acted as co-guarantors of loans used to acquire properties including a shopping centre has been admitted to the fast track Commercial Court list.

A taxi driver whose car was hit head-on by a drunk driver in Kildare was pulled from his vehicle 30 seconds before it went up in flames, a court has head.

She always thought of golf clubs as a place for the boys. So when the team behind the Irish Open offered Ciara McDonnell a crash course, she accepted – to see if the boys’ club was no more.

Just a few weeks before their big day, Emily Spaven and her now-new husband David Sharkey decided to spring a surprise on their guests.

A woman who died from cancer, and whose will is being contested over alleged undue influence, was no more vulnerable than any other cancer patient in a similar position, a doctor has told the High Court.

FISHING seasons, unlike shooting seasons, are not the same everywhere, they vary from catchment to catchment, writes Dick Warner.

Kayser Soze, Kevin Spacey’s memorable villain in ‘The Usual Suspects’, delivered one of cinema’s greatest lines 20 years ago when he reasoned the devil’s greatest trick was convincing the world he didn’t exist, writes Brendan O’Brien.

Wide areas of the country suffered heavy rain and widespread flooding — and the ensuing chaos and mop-up yesterday.

Bankrupt developer Sean Dunne is to appeal a High Court ruling that a warrant used to search a house in the K-Club was valid.

Ireland’s towns are bearing the brunt of the economic downturn, with poverty rates double that in the cities.

The High Court has dismissed developer Sean Dunne’s bid to quash a warrant under which the official in charge of his Irish bankruptcy searched a house where various assets were seized.

Developer Sean Dunne strongly disputes claims there was a secret panel in a bookshelf wall of a K-Club house where valuable artwork may have been stored before the property was searched by the official dealing with his bankruptcy, the High Court has heard.

The K Club’s Ryder Cup course has been voted the country’s top parkland course for 2014 by readers of Golfing Weekly. Its sister course at the Straffan estate, the Smurfit Course, came in at No 15.

Gardaí are waiting to interview a man who survived a second point blank assassination attempt in the space of a year.

I’m going to go back to my RTÉ days for my best interview.

Gardaí in Naas are appealing for the public's help in tracing the whereabouts of a missing 52-year-old man.

A motorcyclist in his 30s has been seriously injured in a crash in Co. Kildare.

Motorists are being warned to take extreme care if driving in the Wicklow Mountains tonight, following a number of minor road accidents due to snow.

Three men are due before a Kildare court later, after stolen property worth €300,000 was recovered by gardaí in Co Kildare.

THERE are hotels we stay in and hotels we savour. Functional to fancy.

Pic 1: Ronan, Linda and Gary Keating at the Marks & Spencer Marie Keating Foundation celebrity golf classic dinner at the K Club, Straffan, Co Kildare.

Larry Tompkins says he is undecided whether Seanie Johnston’s transfer to Kildare was for valid reasons, saying it would be incomprehensible to him that someone would leave his home club just to play county football elsewhere.

Any theory which espouses the view that the less well off don’t stand a chance against the nation’s fat cats is always going to curry favour with a certain audience.

A few weeks ago, we wondered again why giving out about Gaelic football remains one of the country’s few sustainable growth areas.

Seánie Johnston’s transfer saga is not yet at an end, despite reports to the contrary yesterday.

The High Court has finalised the basis on which a British national, who is wanted in connection with a conspiracy to import cocaine and cannabis worth millions of pounds into the United Kingdom, can appeal his extradition to the Supreme Court.

A British national who is wanted in connection with a conspiracy to import cocaine and cannabis worth millions of pounds into Britain is to challenge his extradition in the Supreme Court.

The long-running saga in relation to the transfer of former Cavan senior footballer Sean Johnston from Cavan Gaels to the St Kevin's club in Kildare is expected to come to an end today.

More than 100 parents with special needs children are protesting outside Leinster House this lunchtime against cuts to the domiciliary care allowance.

A ‘trusted lieutenant’ of a south Dublin criminal gang has been sentenced to 10 years for transporting a machine gun, a rocket launcher and cocaine.

Dubliner Val Andrews has resigned as manager of the Cavan senior footballers with immediate effect.

Reports that Seanie Johnston’s bid to achieve an inter-county transfer from Cavan to Kildare was over for this year have proved wide of the mark after the former Breffni captain resubmitted his application to the Central Competitions’ Control Committee yesterday.

The Cavan County Board hope Seanie Johnston returns to play for his club after opting not to pursue his transfer case to the Disputes Resolution Authority (DRA).

A motion which may be seen as a response to the recent Seanie Johnston transfer saga will come before Congress in Portlaoise next month.

Kildare boss Kieran McGeeney has questioned if GAA officials have investigated all transfer requests as forensically as that of Seanie Johnston.

Seanie Johnston’s proposed transfer to Kildare has been knocked back again by Croke Park’s Central Competition’s Control Committee (CCCC).

Seanie Johnston has met with the GAA's Central Competitions Control Committee (CCCC) in relation to his proposed transfer from his native Cavan to Kildare.

Marc Ó Sé last night joined up with the Munster panel ahead of Sunday’s M Donnelly SF Interprovincial final against Ulster.

Former Cavan captain, Seanie Johnston insists he is doing all in his powers in an attempt to re-ignite his inter-county career with Kildare.

Cavan Gaels have given their blessing to Seanie Johnston’ proposed transfer to Kildare club St Kevin’s, and by extension a potential career with the Lilywhites, after signing the star forward’s transfer form.

Kildare County Board president Seamus Aldridge has criticised the handling of Seanie Johnston’s stalled transfer to the county.

The Cavan County Board’s management committee will discuss Seanie Johnston’s request to switch from the county to Kildare on Monday night.

GARDAÍ believe that despite the deaths of seven people in traffic accidents over Christmas there will still be fewer road fatalities this year.

The latest person to be killed on the country's roads has been named locally as Austin Noonan, from Maynooth in Co. Kildare.