Karen Funnell meets staff and service users of Cork Simon’s soup run, which provides vital nutrition for people who are homeless and over a third of service users who are renters who can’t afford to pay bills and buy food. It operates every night of the year

PEL Waste Reduction Equipment in Co Mayo is aiming to crack the US market with its innovative Baby Jaws glass bottle crusher.

One of Cork’s leading arts groups is set to get its first permanent home in a legendary former cinema.

Former Oasis frontman Liam Gallagher has reignited his feud with Robbie Williams, having a pop at the Take That singer for performing at the home of his beloved Manchester City.

THE LAUNCH of Oscar de la Renta’s new bridal fragrance in New York last month was a modest affair, unremarkable even, in that the scent was predictably lovely, the bottle predictably elegant and the Perrier-Jouët champagne predictably moreish, at least for the handful who indulged.

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Kate Moss is suffering from temporary paralysis in her right arm.

“The first thing we do, let’s kill all the lawyers”

Lily Allen will throw a lavish bash at The Ritz hotel in London for her hen party.

STAINED paper peeling from the walls, holes in the ceiling, tiles in the bathroom fallen to the floor, a toilet with no seat, no water and no paper.

French authorities were criticised for “unnecessary delays” in the investigation into the death of Diana, Princess of Wales.

A BANKER who killed his unfaithful wife during a violent row was yesterday found guilty of manslaughter.

Geoff Ogilvy was in dominant form against Paul Casey in the WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship final on Sunday, closing in on a second title in four years.

A woman whose husband is on trial for her murder, claimed she had been assaulted less than two weeks before she disappeared, a Central Criminal Court jury has heard.

The Diana, Princess of Wales inquest jury began deliberating for its third day today.

The jury in the inquest of Diana, Princess of Wales must consider whether Henri Paul’s colleagues have “closed ranks” to try to dismiss suggestions that he drove drunk on the night of the crash.

The doomed plan to sneak Diana, Princess of Wales, out the back door of the Ritz Hotel away from the paparazzi on the night of her death was devised by her lover Dodi Fayed himself, the couple's inquest heard today.

GORDON RAMSAY should bring his Kitchen Nightmares team to his new restaurant in the Ritz Hotel in Co Wicklow — because his food is no better than on a set menu at a three-star hotel.

The inquest into the death of Diana, Princess of Wales, faced double uncertainty tonight after a legal challenge reignited the row over paparazzi witnesses and strikes in France threatened to cripple proceedings.

The jury in the Diana, Princess of Wales, inquest today retraced her final footsteps through the corridors of the Ritz hotel in Paris.

An Australian tourist’s home video showing the scene outside the Ritz on the night Diana, Princess of Wales died was viewed by the jury at the inquest into her death today.

IT was a case of midnight blue making an elegant afternoon impact as the Evian Ladies Day brought a sea of glitz and glamour to the Fáilte Ireland Dublin Horse Show yesterday.

Foods giant Kraft was today believed to have struck a £575m (€831m) deal to acquire part of United Biscuits (UB), the UK-based maker of Jaffa Cakes.

PRINCESS DIANA was planning to announce her engagement to her partner Dodi Al-Fayed when they were killed in a car crash eight years ago.

Heineken Ireland has appointed Siobhán McNickle as the Heineken Brand Manager for the Off-trade.

THE death of Diana, Princess of Wales in a car crash happened after the vehicle she was meant to be travelling in failed to start, according to official documents released yesterday.

French photographers who took pictures of Diana, Princess of Wales, and Dodi Fayed on the day of their fatal high-speed car crash went back to court today accused of invasion of privacy.

YOU ask a girl to your graduation ball, buy her a ticket, give her a reason to get tarted and tanned, present her with posh chocolates and an orchid, tell her she looks amazing, buy her five bottles of Ritz ... then she cops off with someone else.

A rejuvenated Florida Pearl promises to be the star attraction for racegoers at Ascot on Saturday.

Billionaire twins David and Frederick Barclay have struck a £260m (€377m) deal for Conrad Black's controlling stake in the Hollinger media empire. The deal gives them Lord Black's 30% stake and his 73% voting rights at Hollinger.

British and American security services were monitoring Diana, Princess of Wales, and Dodi Fayed in the month leading up the car crash in which they died, a Scottish court heard today.

ALAN P MAHON, the lawyer who was appointed to succeed Mr Justice Flood as chairman of the Planning Tribunal, has finally taken the media centre stage, but probably not in the manner he would have liked.

Representatives of the composer Cole Porter's estate have paid several visits to the British set of Just One Of Those Things, the film about the singer’s life, and are reportedly delighted with the way Porter’s songs are being presented by a cast of stars.

The Ritz hotel in London was closed to guests today after a blaze cut off its power supply.

Tiutchev will miss this afternoon’s feature Ritz Club Ascot Chase after suffering a bout of colic.