Veteran RTÉ broadcaster Seán Bán Breathnach had to be rescued by a lifeguard after he got into difficulty while swimming in Clare on Monday afternoon.

The daughter of controversial radio DJ Gerry Ryan, Lottie, collected a lifetime achievement award on her father’s behalf amid a glittering cast of Irish media stars last night.

The Tánaiste Eamon Gilmore has said Ireland could apply to the IMF for a second bailout even if the country votes against the EU Treaty referendum.

The Fianna Fáil whip and Foreign Affairs spokesman Seán O'Fearghaíl has re-iterated the party's position over the referendum on the Fiscal Compact Treaty.

THE Tánaiste should invite one of the Vatican’s most senior diplomats to Ireland to discuss this country’s relationship with the Holy See in light of revelations in the Cloyne Report, according to Fianna Fáil.

An Taoiseach Brian Cowen will decide this weekend whether to bring down the curtain on his political career.

CHAMPIONS Kerry could begin the defence of their All-Ireland football title without one-third of the starting 15 from last September’s victory, but nowhere will the deficit be more pronounced than in the midfield area patrolled for the last 16 years by Darragh O Sé.

I BELIEVE passionately in a “pluralist” Ireland.

Controversial Donegal poet Cathal O Searcaigh has claimed he was wronged and misrepresented in the documentary 'Fairytale of Kathmandu'.

The controversial Donegal poet Cathal O'Searcaigh is to break his silence for the first time today following the documentary revealing his relationships with teenage boys in Nepal.

WHERE DO you go after scaling the highest peak? Last year Dara Ó Cinnéide captained Kerry to an All-Ireland victory, scoring eight points for good measure. He talked to Michael Moynihan about giving another year to the green and gold.

THE adviser to the Minister for Arts Fiach MacConghail is to be the new director of the national theatre.

The Minister for Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs, Eamon O’Cuiv, has announced the appointment of Sean O’Cuirreain as Ireland’s new Language Commissioner.