This week we meet Ailish McEvoy and Jazmine Byas.

I RECENTLY attended the launch of a photographic exhibition, called Her Story, staged by Plan Ireland as part of their Because I Am A Girl campaign. The photos by Jason Clarke featured portrait shots of girls of all ages from both Ireland and Sierra Leone. The differences in circumstances of the girls from two very different worlds were obvious and made for a captivating exhibition. But what is the reality for Irish girls today?

Name: Chloe Scanlon

When we read about an A-list designer, we assume their work is the pleasure of a privileged few.

Name: Heather Mulcahy

FIONA QUINN was taken aback when her 12-year-old daughter revealed the latest Confirmation trend — designer cakes.

Name: Tomas Quinn

Football kit-maker Umbro was today sold by its owner Nike to an American clothing giant for $225m (€173m).

This week street trend meets Lana Fattah from Iraq and Laura Farrington from Wicklow.

THE BIG four fashion weeks may have drawn to a close but a new season of sartorial eye-candy is only a wiggle dress away. With the fifth series of ABC’s Mad Men due to air on March 27, fans of the popular television series are already gearing up for Saturday nights in with Don, Betty and Joan.

Gorillaz are releasing a new single with Andre3000.

FIFTY years ago, John F Kennedy proclaimed himself “the man who accompanied Jacqueline Kennedy to Paris”.

TONIGHT, in Dean Swift’s shadow and behind the famous college green arch, thousands of Trinity students and graduates will fill the many squares and greens that make up the Dublin city centre university campus.

Liv Tyler feels under pressure to look good, she has revealed.

Bono, Scarlett Johansson, and Brazilian model Gisele Bundchen have teamed up with Elle Magazine in the fight against AIDS in Africa.

Superproducer Pharrell Williams enjoyed working with The Strokes star Julian Casablancas so much, he is desperate to contribute to the rock band's next album.

US giant Nike’s £285m (€394m) takeover of England kit manufacturer Umbro was today given the thumbs up by Sports World billionaire Mike Ashley.

FORMER U2 stylist Lola Cashman returns to court this week as she continues her battle to show who wears the trousers in a row over items of the band’s clothing.

U2 frontman and human rights activist Bono will be guest-editing British newspaper The Independent for a day, in conjunction with his anti-AIDS campaign Red.

Rock star and activist Bono today unveiled a new push to fight HIV and Aids in Africa, unveiling a partnership with several companies to offer red-themed products, proceeds of which will go toward funding anti-Aids programmes.

U2 front man and activist Bono was today poised to unveil his latest effort to combat the spread of Aids in Africa while Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf was to give a speech about the war on terror.