Kerry band Walking on Cars have been announced as the headline act of this year's Countdown Concert at Custom House in Dublin.

A consultant dermatologist misdiagnosed ringworm in two children as seborrhoeic dermatitis of the scalp and as a result prescribed an inappropriate treatment which added to their discomfort and pain, the Circuit Civil Court was told Tuesday.

Substitute Geraldine Sheridan was fouled and Maguire landed the winner for Cavan in what was a terrific game of football.

The poster child for the dangers of vulture funds has become a new hope for social housing, writes Joe Leogue.

Open letter to Taoiseach Leo Varadkar and Charlie Flanagan, Minister for Justice and Equality:

A 1-6 haul for Louise Ní Mhuircheartaigh was enough for Kerry to book their place in the Lidl National League Division 2 final, where they’ll face either Cavan or Waterford in two weeks’ time.

Mary Arrigan selects her top 10 long reads for older children in search of a good book.

Residents fighting vulture-fund ‘renovictions’ have asked the Health and Safety Authority (HSA) to investigate renovations.

THIS is the story of a narcissistic man who has suffered a midlife crisis which drove him to kill his wife, Val.

The father of Reeva Steenkamp has told a South African court that her fatal shooting by boyfriend Oscar Pistorius has "devastated" his family, and that he thinks about her constantly.

ARMAGH star Caroline O’Hanlon has hailed teen sensation Aimee Mackin as a “phenomenal talent.” Mackin exploded onto the senior inter-county stage last year with a string of impressive displays that saw the Shane O’Neills attacker earn a first Allstar award.

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“Every time I walk into a department store or turn the pages of a glossy magazine, I’m bombarded with seductive-sounding beauty products."

AT JUST over 90 pages Jean-Patrick Manchette’s Fatale is a magnificent example of French noir stretched into the realms of art.

As two-year-old Aimee Keogh clutched her teddy in an ambulance at University Hospital Limerick to be brought for urgent heart treatment in Dublin, she collapsed and died, an inquest heard.

Taoiseach Enda Kenny has been accused of reneging on a promise to bring commonsense back to the awarding of discretionary medical cards.

Daddy was not winning that round!

Little Lola from Glasnevin, Dublin took an adorable stand against her daddy Gareth and became an internet darling over the weekend.

It was not another record breaker but last Friday’s Late Late Toy Show still came out tops — with 1.4m viewers it is the most watched programme so far this year.

We hope everyone is suffering a chocolate-binge hangover this morning.

Ah, the Toy Show. We hope everyone is suffering a chocolate-binge hangover this morning after watching Tubs put the kids though their paces last night.

Welcome to your Friday morning briefing. Let us ensure you’re up to speed on what’s happening and are prepared for the day ahead.

Self-confessed killer Mikey Schultz denied mouthing "fuck you" to Oscar Pistorius’s sister Aimee as a threat while inside the courtroom.

A certain princess whose role has been recast - yes, she admits it's embarrassing - has posted her reaction on Vine.

Game of Thrones actress Aimee Richardson had the best reaction to being cut from her role as Myrcella Baratheon on Game of Thrones.

Former JLS star Oritsé Williams is to become a father.

Police photographs of a bare-chested Oscar Pistorius standing in his garage on blood-stained prosthetic legs and wearing shorts covered in blood, taken shortly after the athlete fatally shot his girlfriend, were shown to the court at his trial.

Most kids bat off minor bugs fairly effortlessly but not Fíonn Flannery O’Riordan.

Ozzy Osbourne feels his wife Sharon's workload could kill her.

A YOUNG Cork woman with a rare disease who is receiving treatment in the UK was told by her doctor that a drug administered to her during a diagnostic test in Ireland could have caused a stroke.

A young woman with a rare and progressive disease who was refused funding to travel abroad for treatment not available here has launched a public appeal calling on the Government and the HSE to relent.

Sharon Osbourne has revealed she had a fling with Jay Leno.

Ger Loughnane was right. Last Sunday night he called on one of the rich phrases from his beloved Gaeilge to suitably articulate what had transpired earlier. ‘Lá dar saol a bhí ann.’

The family that stays together is slain together in Adam Wingard’s gruesome horror about a home invasion that turns violent at frightening speed.

A young woman with a rare disease, who was refused funding to travel abroad for specialist assessment, has launched an online petition to try and get the HSE to change its mind.

Aimee Foley has lived her life ‘in the loop of medicine’, and is determined the HSE will fund a visit to a specialist in London for a formal diagnoses.

South African Olympic and Paralympic star Oscar Pistorius, who is accused of murdering his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp, appeared to pray and wiped away tears after a court set a March 3, 2014 start date for his trial.

Witnesses heard a woman screaming before gunshots fired by Oscar Pistorius killed his girlfriend, new evidence from prosecutors has revealed as he was formally sent for trial charged with murder.

Oscar Pistorius has arrived at a South African court today ahead of the expected indictment of the double-amputee Olympian on a charge of premeditated murder.

He is the most decorated hurling full-back of all time, arguably the greatest, but for the first time since his senior debut in 2000 Noel Hickey is no longer a part of the Kilkenny set-up.

A senior judge said yesterday that he believes “bouncy castles were created by lawyers and supervised by barristers”.

The brother of Oscar Pistorius has pleaded not guilty to killing a woman motorcyclist in a road crash.