The family of a woman who died when her pony and trap smashed onto rocks at the Gap of Dunloe is to sue Kerry County Council.

He then attended one of Sarah’s performances of Caitlin in Jez Butterworth's Ferryman during its run on Broadway.

For chef Tony Carty and his wife, photographer Paula Malone Carty, shopping and eating local is high on the menu when it comes to factoring in sustainability for their busy family of six,

A transition year student from Cork has scooped the top award in a competition which asked secondary school students to write about their experiences with homelessness.

Eimear Smyth scored the winner as Fermanagh claimed promotion and their first league title since 2007 with a Lidl NFL Division 4 final victory over the 14 players of Antrim.

Helen O’Callaghan talks to pupils and teachers at a Co Cork school about a nationwide initiative that sends gift boxes to kids in less privileged parts of the world

Votes of sympathy for the family of the tourist couple killed when the horse and trap in which they were travelling plunged down a ravine in the Gap of Dunloe, a week ago, were passed at a meeting of Kerry County Council yesterday morning. 

Football’s place in the grand scheme of things was made plain again last week with the news of Kevin Doyle’s forced retirement.

I AM outraged. Horrified and disgusted. Appalled and let down by the direction in which things are heading, writes Suzanne Harrington. 

Deirdre Waldron shows us around her Fiat 500 Vintage ’57.

Kelsey and Maddie Hallerman delivered a performance to remember at their sister Caitlin’s wedding in Lake Tahoe, California.

We might not be too used to them over here but we imagine coming up with a pithy yearbook quote that won’t date can be quite difficult,

Tommy Barker went halfway up the Wild Atlantic Way to dip a toe in the waters of Ennistymon Falls.

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Caitlin, 12, lives alone with her mum Sheri in a subsidised housing complex by Seattle airport, a soulless zone of cargo transports and industrial units. 

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JUST moments into Caitlin Moran’s guided tour of her home town, and the popular columnist and author is dangling a lacy black bra in the air.

The widow of the drowned skipper of the Tit Bonhomme trawler has bought a new vessel and named it after their youngest daughter.

Hannah Ellis has edited a book to mark the centenary of the birth of her grandfather, the Welsh poet and legend Dylan Thomas. Blood is indeed thicker than water, finds an underwhelmed JP O’Malley.

Actor Gabriel Byrne and his long-term partner finalised their secret Irish wedding over coffee and scones in one of Cork’s top restaurants.

A priest called to the scene of a single vehicle crash in which a teenager died yesterday appealed to drivers to take care on the roads.

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An Australian family has reclaimed their Guinness World Record by stringing up more than half a million Christmas lights around their suburban home.

An Australian family has reclaimed their world record for stringing up Christmas lights with up more than half a million bulbs around their suburban home.

Drawing obvious comparisons with ‘Little Miss Sunshine’, ‘The Way Way Back’ is a bittersweet coming-of-age story that strikes perfect balance between laughter and tears.

Santa Montefiore spent summers in Connemara as a child: “Family friends rented a huge house there every year; they invited loads of people, and lots of children.

Dozens of parents who have children with cancer have joined forces to turn Ireland gold for a whole week.

A British internet troll has admitted threatening to kill 200 US citizens in Facebook posts which led thousands of children to stay off school.

A tragedy that touched the hearts of the nation exactly 12 months ago was remembered in a fishing village last night.

Annoyed with the pressure to look good 24/7, two female friends went ‘au naturel’ for 60 days, writes Jonathan deBurca Butler

The next generation will have less impact on the planet, with lower carbon footprints detected among teenagers in Cork.

The family of the skipper who drowned along with four of his crew off the South-West coast have pleaded with authorities to make technology available which would pinpoint fishermen lost at sea.

For one family, the mourning can finally begin. For another, the agonising wait continues.

Fishermen could be offered grants to buy personal distress and location beacons under proposals being considered by Marine Minister Simon Coveney.

Fishermen could be off-ered grants to buy personal distress and location beacons under proposals being considered by the marine minister, Simon Coveney.

Navy divers have accessed the wreck of the Tit Bonhomme for the first time since the trawler sank in a storm on Sunday morning.

The mother of Egyptian fisherman Attia Shaban, whose body was recovered yesterday following the Tit Bonhomme tragedy, died shortly before her son.

THE only surviving fisherman from a trawler sunk off the south-west coast believes the five other crewmen’s bodies are still within the submerged vessel.

A three-year-old who died for six minutes after suffering a cardiac arrest has thanked medics who brought him back to life.

Snow Friends by M Christina Butler and Tina Macnaughton (Little Tiger; €9.50).

A HAIR fetishist has been given a “whole life” jail sentence for the “depraved” and “callous” murder and mutilation of a mother of two children.

A TEENAGE boy told a jury of the moment he and his 11-year-old sister found their mother’s mutilated body when they returned home from school.

A MAN with a hair fetish murdered and mutilated a seamstress with the same “hallmark” method he used to kill a teenager in Italy, a court has heard.

MISS Bubble’s Troubles by Malaika Rose Stanley, illustrated by Jan Smith (Tamarind; €7.10) tells of popular Miss Bubble’s cat-induced accident, which causes her to lose her memory.

A LOCAL authority last night ruled out granting a housing transfer to a young couple based on their claims that their house is haunted.

THE savings a Waterford school provides by allowing families send their children to school in non-specialised uniforms is a big hit with parents.

Justin Bieber’s ex-girlfriend has sparked speculation they have reunited.