Don’t mention the war? It would be nice not to have to but Ireland’s Six Nations opener takes place in the engorging shadow of last autumn’s ill-starred Asian campaign. Yes, we won’t be forgetting the debacle in Vietnam – sorry, I mean Japan – any time soon. The horror, the horror remains fresh in the memory.

The Taoiseach and Fianna Fáil leader Micheál Martin went toe to toe last night in the first of two head-to-head debates ahead of the February 8 general election.

The first television debate of the general election takes place tonight between the leaders of Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil.

My idea of misery is a nine to five office job.

Spitalfields is the new ‘Restaurant in a Pub’ from Stephen McAllister, who you will know from the telly.

As Marco Pierre White returns to our screens in The Restaurant, he chats to Esther McCarthy about fame, loss, mistakes – and his love of Irish food

The President and the Taoiseach have paid tribute to one of the country’s favourite all-round entertainers, Brendan Grace, who has died at the age of 68 after a short illness.

The comedian and singer Brendan Grace has passed away, aged 68.

The long road starts here as the race to make Ireland’s World Cup squad for Japan this September ramped up, after Joe Schmidt named a 44-player training squad.

A TV documentary about one of Ireland's missing women, Fiona Sinnott, indicates for the first time that she was the victim of abuse, up to six months into her pregnancy.

Growing up in the quirkily named Newtwopothouse near Mallow, a young Elaine Crowley dreamed of one day becoming an actor and filmmaker.

Ivan Yates has called Michael Healy-Rae's defence of John Delaney at the Oireachtas Committee hearing on Wednesday a "craven, leprechaun performance".

Louis Walsh, who is currently on the judging panel of Ireland's Got Talent and whose wildcard Bary D'Arcy from Cork is competing in this weekend's semi-final, joined Ray D'Arcy on RTÉ Radio 1.

The sister of Ruth Maguire who tragically died three weeks ago during a hen party in Carlingford, Co Louth has spoken about the incident for the first time on TV.

The Dublin student from Skerries left Olly Murs and the rest of the judges stunned with her performance of Teardrop by Massive Attack during the blind audition stages.

The news is a result of ongoing efforts to help re-grow the species population.

Missy Keating will face The Voice UK coaches this weekend with best friend Georgia Gaffney.

Two deaths of inmates have occurred in the last 10 days in the Midlands Prison in Portlaoise.

It’s a big evening on the channel that used to be TV3 — Virgin Media One, in case you weren’t sure (and for the record I wasn’t, not fully).

Roy Keane has told Donncha O’Callaghan about his life after retirement for a new Virgin Media documentary.

“I didn’t want to be in the environment of going to the shop on a Thursday, Friday, Saturday… ’How are Munster getting on at the weekend?’”

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has ruled out a snap general election despite floating plans for a €3bn tax strategy to pay back middle-income families.

The opening European home game of the season is upon us and what a fine time it would be for Munster’s developing team and game plan to click into place.

All six presidential candidates will take part in a televised debate on Wednesday after Michael D Higgins and Sean Gallagher sat out of last night's debate with Claire Byrne on RTE.

Assistance dogs can play a vital role in the lives of people with autism, writes Áilín Quinlan.

It was just about to land in bookshops when Matt Cooper’s tome on Michael O’Leary encountered turbulence on the approach.

After many years of straightforward Champions League coverage — Tuesday for TV3; Wednesday for RTÉ — all changes rather utterly for Irish viewers from tonight. The major departure is that the Virgin takeover of TV3 has meant the loss of free-to-air coverage for the Wednesday games. There is also a tweak to the kick-off times. Here’s how it works:

Meet Mum Deirdre Murphy and daughter Áine Flynn hail from Courtlough, Co. Dublin.

Munster are set to return to terrestrial airwaves for the first time in 12 years after their Heineken Champions Cup round two clash with Gloucester was chosen for free-to-air broadcast.

The World Cup in Russia has turned a sceptical Graeme Souness into an enthusiastic supporter of VAR.