The Irish Motor Neurone Disease Association is calling on the Taoiseach Enda Kenny to take part in the ice bucket challenge.

Irish donations from the ice bucket challenge are set to top €1m.

A lot more people have braved a bucket of cold water and ice to help raise awareness and funds for the Irish Motor Neurone Disease Association.

Sharon Ní Bheoláin did it and it made the Nine O’Clock News.

Fretting fiancés, kissing cods, Father Ted references, and one “very cranky bear” can mean only one thing — the Rose of Tralee is back in town.