Nadiya Hussain introduces the BBC’s big new cooking show tonight. Not surprisingly, all concerned are a bit sensitive about comparisons to previous series, writes Susan Griffin.

Happy Halloween!

Apart from county senior football champions Castlehaven, only one other club has more than one player starting for Cork in Saturday’s All-Ireland SFC round 4A qualifier against Sligo at O’Connor Park in Tullamore (throw-in 5pm).

The Government was accused of adding to the pain of 9,000 struggling one-parent families by cutting a state benefit payment.

More than two thirds of asylum seekers living in direct provision centres have been there for at least three years, according to a report by the state’s Reception and Integration Agency (RIA).

One out of 10 parents legally obliged to pay maintenance have either left the country or can’t be traced, according to reviews carried out by a special unit of the Department of Social Protection.

The Minister for Justice has indicated that a Referendum to establish a new Family Court will be held next year.

IF the diverse art exhibitions running throughout the Cork Midsummer Festival have one thing in common, it is their strong international dimension.

Disputes between estranged spouses frequently turn into a “war over children”, inflicting “terrible damage” on them, Justice Minister Alan Shatter has said.

First they came for The Simpsons, and now they want SpongeBob Squarepants.

The parents of an Irish student found dead in Tokyo have welcomed a Japanese court decision to proceed with full murder trial against the main suspect.

In your article ‘More humane family courts planned’ (Jul 18) you say that “Families and children caught up in legal disputes will have a more humane, less costly, and more expert court system under proposed constitutional reforms”.

The 1,500 lot sale at the Auction Rooms, Sixmilebridge, Co Clare on Apr 16 and 17 offers everything from antique furniture to Chinese ceramics to contemporary Irish art.

A FAMILY is to seek legal advice after a bookmaking chain refused to honour what the family insists were valid bets on last Friday’s EuroMillions draw.

My parents always loved to sing, they actually met in an Irish language choir, and they instilled a love of music in me.

FAMILY members visited collapsed buildings yesterday where bodies of their loved ones lie trapped more than a week after New Zealand’s earthquake, as officials said some remains may never be recovered from the rubble.

PRE-NUPTIAL agreements should become the norm to avoid heated courtroom battles over access rights and custody to children, according to researchers from Trinity College Dublin.

A FAMILY made homeless as a result of the November floods crisis is set to tell the European Parliament that local council planners who allowed them to build on a flood plain are responsible for the scandal.

A FAMILY court judge has ruled that a 7-year-old girl should be allowed to samba before a crowd of thousands as a carnival drum corps queen, a coveted role normally reserved for sultry models.

A FAMILY doctor could be struck off the medical register for allegedly supplying hundreds of euro worth of prescription drugs to known criminals after they subjected her to a campaign of physical and verbal intimidation.

A FAMILY law expert and author of a new guide for lawyers on the area has called for a radical reform of the courts because families are facing a hard road through the legal system.

It’s another massive weekend to savour with the highlight being the final of an absorbing looking Sporting Press Irish Oaks at Shelbourne Park on Saturday.

A FAMILY has lost its home because fugitive solicitor Michael Lynn never passed on its money to the bank.

CLAIMS that single mothers are deliberately getting pregnant to secure council houses have ignited a storm of controversy.

A FAMILY issued an appeal for help last night in tracing a man who has been missing from his home for two weeks.

The John C Kelleher Family Business Centre, University College Cork, will host a Family Business Network Ireland event on December 12 at 6.30pm in the Council Room at the university.

A FAMILY criticised a hospital’s infection control policies yesterday during the inquest into the MRSA-related death of their mother.

FAMILY carers claiming to contribute over €2 billion a year to the economy, yesterday demanded a raft of benefits in the upcoming budget.

A FAMILY had to be evacuated from their home after a forest in North Cork went on fire yesterday.

A FAMILY mounted a vigil for weeks at the hospital bedside of a young woman they thought was their daughter, before they realised that they were the victims of a mistaken identity blunder.

A FAMILY is suing a crèche owner for personal damages and negligence after their child was allegedly bitten by other children on seven separate occasions.

Ireland’s newest national television station has secured €14m in funding from investors, it was claimed today.

A FAMILY got a New Year wish a day in advance as a little Irish baby arrived home from a London hospital after a life-saving operation that also made history.

A FAMILY is seeking a garda investigation into 15 hours of missing nursing records in the case of a mother who died from a perforated ulcer that had been diagnosed as constipation.

A FAMILY-CENTRED, short-term care scheme coordinated by the Brothers of Charity Services and funded by the Health Service Executive (HSE) is again looking for Waterford families to accommodate children with intellectual disabilities for short periods of time.

RTÉ’s audience council aims to be open, “welcoming all contact, listening to all views and responding promptly and appropriately”.

A FAMILY support group said yesterday it was concerned about misuse of a revolutionary new technique by which a British couple had a baby using a frozen egg from the mother.

A FAMILY who claim they are being forced from their home because of plans to extend a landfill say they were never told about works commencing on the site in the next few weeks.

A man is entering day 10 of a hunger strike outside the Family Law Courts in Dublin.

Record-breaking jockey Tony McCoy gained one of the most dramatic successes of his distinguished career when Family Business finished alone after being remounted in the Feast Of St Raymond Novices’ Chase at Southwell.