If you thought that the school run is all hastily pulled together ponytails, jeans and runners, think again. Regular mums are getting up half an hour before their kids to make sure they turn heads, writes Paula Burns.

Irish Water is expected to announce that less than half have paid water charges;Cork camogie captain urges others not to hide their feelings; Paul O’Connell has explained that there was no option but to call time on his Ireland career; Alexis Tsipras is facing a revolt in his left-wing party. Here’s this morning’s irishexaminer.com round-up.

Gwyneth Paltrow has admitted she has thought about whether she was right to “consciously uncouple” from Chris Martin but said they are now well and truly in the friend zone.

Playboy is taking an action in the Irish High Court over photographs of supermodel Kate Moss.

KATY PERRY has said she is looking for a different kind of boyfriend as she heads into her 30s.

THE fashion world welcomes fabulous eccentrics. Attention is vital for survival, so those who strike a dramatic, individual, colourful presence get media space and transform column inches into lucrative fashion roles.

SPRING is here, did you know?

Nicole Kidman has admitted she struggled to cope with Tom Cruise's massive fame when they were married.

Diana Vreeland in her office at Vogue magazine. The editor’s famous phrase was “Give ’em what they never knew they wanted.”

There’s a new fashion season coming and the September issues of the glossies are your required reading.

Victoria Beckham believes her figure represents that of the “general public”.

SITTING front row at a Joanne Hynes fashion show should require seat belts — to counter the creative whiplash on the runway.

Kate Winslet has revealed that she is “soldiering on” after her divorce from Sam Mendes, but feels she is at the start of a “new narrative”.

AS editor-in-chief of Harper’s Bazaar, Glenda Bailey has seen some pretty fantastic things — “epic moments,” she calls them.

Legendary photographer Henri Cartier-Bresson, who travelled the world for more than a half century capturing human drama with his camera, has died, French media reported today.

Eight letters and a Christmas card from Diana, Princess of Wales, will go for auction this week along with 300 other items from the estate of fashion editor Liz Tilberis.