Pa Kearney was one of Waterford’s brightest hurling talents.

OTC’s touring production of The Elixir of Love is set in a university , writes Jo Kerrigan

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A 50,000 cut in one month in the number of outpatients waiting more than a year for appointments has been put down to “Herculean efforts” in the health service.

Now that the Christmas overindulgence is over, Tanya Sweeney asks five well-known personal trainers how they stay in shape and what their New Year’s resolutions are.

Five people are reported to have died of carbon monoxide poisoning in Canada, as thousands of homes are still without power following last weekend’s ice storm.

It’s that time of year again, as households all over Ireland get ready for tonight’s Late Late Toy Show.

Before the late 1990s/early 2000s, skiing was very much a minority sport in Ireland, but then the boom times came and changed our expectations of life forever.

Carbon monoxide killed a family of three in Christmas week 2011 after a plastic bag blocked a chimney.

Functionality is king when it comes to cookers, but style can also play a part, writes Carol O’Callaghan

Pre- and post-Christmas purchases are up on 2011, according to retailers.

IN less than two weeks, dad Ger O’Flynn will be the father of twins.

Good organisation is key to preparing for and clearing up after entertaining at Christmas time. Carol O’Callaghan reports

IN OCTOBER 1987, weatherman Michael Fish stood in front of a rainbow graphic and reported that a woman had phoned the BBC to say a hurricane was on the way.

HUNGER for a 30-minute meal, a nostalgia for Leaving Cert poetry, and the life and times of one of Ireland’s best known footballers.

MIDFIELDER Dean Whitehead has warned title-chasing Manchester United they will have to contend with a “buzzing” Stoke side at Old Trafford tomorrow.

The largest number of pilgrims in a decade have gathered in Bethlehem to celebrate Christmas.

Thousands of tourists, pilgrims and clergy are converging on Bethlehem as the town of Jesus’ birth celebrates Christmas Eve.

FORECASTERS yesterday predicted the coldest December on record with more snow on the cards and biting temperatures lasting at least six days.

Forecasters today predicted the coldest December on record with more snow on the cards and biting temperatures lasting at least six days.

THE weather expert who first predicted Ireland’s Big Freeze says it will get even colder next week as a “once-in-a-lifetime” Siberian weather event brings -10C temperatures, six inches more snow and a white Christmas.

THE Leinster Council will decide today whether or not to go ahead with its weekend fixtures and is facing the prospect of its club finals not being played until the end of January.

Oil stocks were making decent headway today as the London market made a strong start to the shortened Christmas week.

The President Mary McAleese is beginning a two-day tour of the areas worst affected by recent floods.

MORE wintry showers are predicted for large parts of Ireland today after heavy frost caused major disruption on roads across the country yesterday.

MORE wintry showers are predicted for large parts of Ireland today after heavy frost caused major disruption on roads across the country yesterday.

IN a bid to boost business during the Christmas shopping period, a number of towns in Kerry have reduced or removed parking charges.

DANISH and French pork products were ordered by many local butchers in Cork at the weekend to prevent them having empty shelves yesterday morning.

DESPITE a dismal, damp summer in 2007, Irish weather for the year was the warmest ever since records began 115 years ago.

Lodgments, loans and lost friendships — the Mahon Planning Tribunal has turned the spotlight on a series of puzzling events before Christmas 1993, reports Conor Ryan

IN ITS current line of investigation the planning tribunal has turned to one man to explain Taoiseach Bertie Ahern’s complicated finances.

PLANES, trains and automobiles and even the odd sleigh will be pressed into action over the next 48 hours as thousands of people travel home for the Christmas holidays.

THE four clubs remaining in the All-Ireland Club senior hurling championship are back in training and counting down to their semi-finals next month.

The Progressive Democrats, who celebrate 19 years in politics today, plan a major recruitment drive in 2005 to sustain the party’s future.

AER LINGUS was branded a “scrooge” last night for charging Christmas passengers up to €150 more for seats on their London-Cork flights than their London-Dublin route.

Girls Aloud have clung on to their UK Christmas number one for a second week as rival boy band One True Voice dropped a place to number three.

Hopefuls will be launching their bids for the prized Christmas number one single tomorrow - including hotly-tipped favourite Robbie Williams.