Well known Irish singers Rónán Ó'Snodaigh from Kíla and Paddy Casey are headlining a fundraising event for Ava Barry, a sufferer of a severe form of epilepsy called Dravet Syndrome.

All in aid of Pieta House.

1 in 4 people will experience a mental health problem each year in Ireland. Last year, sadly 451 people died by suicide here.

The iconic Coca Cola truck that has long been the hallmark of the festive season is coming to Ireland for a few weeks in the lead up to Christmas.

The main 1916 centenary celebrations kick off on Saturday with events happening right across the weekend.

There has been a “dramatic rise” in the number of families traumatised by the loss of a loved one from drug use, a support group has said.

Niall Murray and Jack Halpin, two of those injured in the Berkeley balcony collapse, are due to travel home to Ireland next week.

Safety online: To mark Safer Internet Day, Trend Micro is hosting an Internet Safety Ambassador programme, for parents, schools and community groups, at its EMEA headquarters in Bishopstown, Cork.

Bus commuters everywhere know the struggle.

20,000 American visitors are in Dublin this weekend for a major football game.

Only 3 more sleeps!

Organisers have revealed the Main Stage times for this weekend's Electric Picnic festival.

Electric Picnic organisers have today revealed which bands would be playing on each day of the festival.

Organisers of the Electric Picnic music and arts festival have tonight announced more acts for this year's event.

Guinness has today announced details of eight more music events taking place in pubs in Cork, Dublin and Belfast on Arthur’s Day.

As several thousand happy and sated punters headed for the exits at the Irish Examiner Food Festival in Cork’s Fitzgerald Park yesterday evening, the light mist finally began to thicken, marking the end of the splendid weather that proved a vital ingredient in the tremendous success of a celebration of food and drink on Leeside.

Crystal Castles, SBTRKT and Squarepusher are among the 14 acts that have been added to the Electric Picnic lineup today.

LEGENDARY hellraisers The Dubliners fell unusually silent yesterday when they were upstaged by the Lord’s Prayer.

Costing north of €500, daytrips to Lapland aren’t exactly a holiday for the masses. Not to worry, writes Pól Ó Conghaile, there are lots of winter wonderlands right here at home

SKIBBEREEN is gearing up for the 10,000 people expected to attend its colourful annual food festival, which will feature everything from a “Celtic Cook-off” to seaweed cookery demonstrations, farmers’ markets, craft fairs and tastings.

A WIDE-ranging Fringe Festival programme has been announced for the Waterford International Festival of Music taking place next month.

ONE of the world’s most famous gospel choirs is set to feature at a forthcoming international music festival in Waterford.

Sinead O'Connor will perform at the one-day Dublin International Gospel Music Festival on Saturday.

Festival organisers have released the schedule for this weekend’s Electric Picnic festival.

Friends and family of RTE Broadcaster Gerry Ryan are gathering this morning to say a final farewell to the 53-year-old who died last week.

Thousands are expected in north Wicklow over the next two days for the opening weekend of one of the country’s biggest beach festivals.

IRISH soccer captain Robbie Keane enjoyed the best match of his life over the weekend as he married his long-term girlfriend, model Claudine Palmer, in a lavish, star-studded ceremony.

Punk legends The Sex Pistols are among the headline acts confirmed today for this year’s Electric Picnic music festival.

More than 30,000 revellers will descend on Co Laois today for the Electric Picnic music festival.

Bjork is to make her long-awaited return to an Irish live stage during the country's only three-day music festival, it was announced today.

THE European Constitution was the right choice for Europe and for Ireland, Bertie Ahern has stressed.

DESPITE the huge number of open-air concerts last year, new arrival Electric Picnic proved the hit of the summer and with another star-studded line-up just announced, it looks poised to repeat the trick.

A new organisation is to be set up to aid anxious teenagers as the numbers of suicides continue to spiral, it was confirmed today.