Four top Irish artists have been shortlisted for the Savills Arts Prize, to be presented at Vue 2017, Ireland’s national contemporary art fair.

Vicky Kavanagh finally realised her drinking was a problem after she passed out drunk in a field and was rescued by a friend.

The annual Irish Food Writers’ Guild Awards, in Dublin’s Michelin-starred L’Ecrivain, is invariably one of the finer beanos in the culinary calendar, with Chef Derry Clarke always putting on an exceedingly fine nosebag, each course based on the produce of a particular award winner.

Ryanair is entitled to sue in this jurisdiction over alleged “screen-scraping” of its booking website by two travel agencies based in Germany and England, the Supreme Court has ruled.

Eoin Edwards talks to Cork fiddler Matt Cranitch about his latest collaboration with Jackie Daly

Buckingham Palace has issued a second denial that the Duke of York had sexual contact with a woman who claims she was forced to have sex with him when she was underage.

British luxury brand Burberry refused to comment on reports it paid Romeo Beckham £45,000 (€57,000) for just one day’s work starring in the fashion company’s Christmas advert — as profits and sales slid in the first half of its financial year.

Social media ensures there’s no such thing as keeping a secret these days, and the word is very much out that De Barra’s in Clonakilty, Co Cork, will host the big gig tonight in this weekend’s Guinness Amplify event.

Filming for the new James Bond film is to begin in December.

Cee Lo Green has been dropped from two concerts after he posted some controversial views on rape.

Quevega remains on course to bid for a historic sixth consecutive victory in the OLBG Mares’ Hurdle at Cheltenham after starring among 24 entries for the Grade Two contest.

Barclays, the UK’s second- largest bank by assets, has spoken with regulators, customers, and authorities about what appears to be a criminal leak of customer account information.

Robbie Williams is to have streets named after his music in the city where he grew up while civic celebrations will mark the pop star’s landmark 40th birthday.

BURNING questions around what is perhaps the greatest threat to our way of life - climate change - will be raised this evening at a climate change conference in University College Cork. Keep abreast of those questions and answers via live updates in this story.

Lily Allen's fashion firm has reportedly gone bust.

Former X Factor judge Tulisa Contostavlos has been released on police bail following her arrest on suspicion of supplying class A drugs.

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Regulations for the building of slurry tanks must be reviewed in light of the death of Nevin Spence, the gifted 22-year-old rugby player, who died alongside his father and brother, because the same could happen again to another family.

Willie Mullins believes Ruby Walsh might not be able to resist the opportunity of riding the ante-post favourite in the John Smith’s Grand National at Aintree on April 14.

Willie Mullins believes Ruby Walsh might not be able to resist the opportunity of riding the ante-post favourite in the John Smith’s Grand National at Aintree on April 14.

HUGH GRANT made false allegations that the Mail on Sunday hacked his phone on the basis of “thin” evidence, a lawyer for the paper’s publishers said.

COMMUNITY leaders have demanded to know whether there is a deliberate strategy to reduce the workforce at the MBNA credit card facility in Carrick-on- Shannon before it is sold.

The owner of the Daily Mail today warned weak advertising and circulation revenues would leave operating profits lower than a year ago.

Dáil phones are to be blocked from making premium rate calls in the wake of a controversy involving Kerry TD Michael Healy Rae.

THE company which owns the Irish editions of the Daily Mail and the Mail on Sunday managed to reduce their accumulated losses to just over €65 million last year after making a profit.

Three former UK cabinet ministers have been suspended by the Labour Party over allegations they were prepared to use their position to influence government policy for cash.

WE have certainly seen the mob instinct in operation this past 10 days – or, if you prefer, a stunning exhibition of group think psychosis. I don’t think there’s a single journo or fan left who hasn’t delivered his own version, in print or online, of “Fergie and United are doomed.”

THE Irish Medicines Board has issued an urgent safety notice about the potential danger of various sexual enhancement products marketed as dietary supplements by a US manufacturer.

Fame And Glory features among 17 possible runners in the Emirates Airline Champion Stakes at Newmarket on Saturday.

Madonna today accepted substantial undisclosed damages for privacy and infringement of copyright over the Mail on Sunday’s publication of “purloined” photos of her wedding to Guy Ritchie.

OUR football correspondent LIAM MACKEY is back in top form and full of energy.

Madonna, who is always in fighting shape, has won a round against the British press.

Spanish-owned high street lender Abbey is this week expected to show it has toppled the Halifax as Britain’s biggest mortgage company.

Madonna has scrapped plans for the UK premiere of her documentary 'I Am Because We Are' to be held at an English music festival, after tickets for the event failed to sell.

A British newspaper is threatening legal action against the Official UK Charts Company to make sure Prince's new album is counted.

Bookmakers were purring following day one of the Cheltenham Festival after several well-backed favourites were turned over.

One in five Irish patients are currently taking two or more medicines and 23% of those are concerned that they are not taking their medicines correctly.

WATERFORD is bracing itself for an influx of 50,000 plus extra visitors over the busy Christmas shopping season with plans for its ‘Waterford on Ice’ festival stepping up a gear.

Ireland has an excellent track record in the global effort to rid the world of nuclear weapons, former UN chief weapons inspector Dr Hans Blix said tonight.

Premier Travel Inn and Pizza Hut owner Whitbread was today reported to be in the sights of US hotel and property business Starwood Capital.

RECENTLY I came across a container of own-brand ‘luxury coleslaw’ in a supermarket.

BRITAIN’S Prince Charles last night launched a legal action over the publication of extracts from a private journal in which he branded Chinese diplomats “appalling old waxworks”.