Louise Duffy works out several times a week and snacks on fruit and nuts during the day.

RACHEL STEVENS is reaching for the sky — yet again, says Irene Feighan.

Suzanne Harrington writes that Christmas as a single parent isn’t necessarily the nightmare everyone believes it to be

An Australian TV newsreader broke down in tears during a live broadcast when she realised her connection to one of the victims of yesterday's siege at a Sydney cafe.

At least five more hostages have fled the scene of the siege at the cafe in Sydney, Australia.

Australian media has named the hostage-taker in Sydney as Man Haron Monis.

IN the opening scene of Kate Stanley Brennan’s new music video, You Come Back, a large tear drop runs down her face. It’s a real tear.

So often known as a country of drinkers, we are also the second biggest consumers of chocolate in the world.

After one year in operation, the Hauste Group, based in the Cork Airport Business Park, has seen its cloud-based business solutions rewarded with a turnover of €1m and profits of nearly €500,000, writes Trish Dromey

AN Easter walk over rolling hills sounds lovely, all wide-open space and baby lambs and blue sky.

NEW monitoring equipment will provide more accurate and effective treatment for hundreds of Irish children with cystic fibrosis.

Cadbury Schweppes tapped into the growing appetite of consumers for organic chocolate today through the purchase of confectionery maker Green & Black’s.