Munster rugby player Keith Earls has lent his support to a suicide prevention group in Limerick City after revealing his own experience of losing a close family member to suicide.

A Russian academic embroiled in an international tug-of-love dispute with his British-based former wife has gone into hiding with their two sons in defiance of a court order, lawyers say.

GARDA Maurice McCabe worked through Christmas 2012, from Dec 20 to St Stephen’s Day. Ten-hour shifts. Young family at home, huddled in the warmth of the season. That’s the lot of frontline workers. They put in the hours, while the rest of us kick back. The upside for gardaí is a holiday at the end of it, time to make up time.

Shane O’Connell received the gift of a new heart for Christmas and is looking forward to a healthier and happier new year.

Christmas trading this year will be marginally down compared to Christmas 2012, according to Retail Excellence Ireland.

A €210,000 payment by Seán Quinn Jr which was raised by himself and his wife via a charge on their Dublin home has finally purged his contempt of court orders, a High Court judge has ruled.

Too few companies are applying for finance or exploiting innovation, a new study by cross-border trade body, InterTrade Ireland has found.

WE HAVE siskins at our peanut feeder.

The digital switchover and sales of hot drinks in July during yet another “Irish summer” were among the notable exceptions as retail sales continue to fall.

'Britain's Got Talent' winners Ashleigh and Pudsey have signed a book deal.

TONIGHT RTÉ will broadcast one of the annual set pieces of Irish television.