A number of homes in Limerick flooded this morning after the River Shannon burst its banks during a eight-meter high tide.

Young Offenders star Alex Murphy says he is now recognized in the streets of New York thanks to the Netflix success of the coming-of-age series.

Six Munster players have signed new contracts with the province, including three academy players who have been promoted to the senior squad.

After years of saying no, Patrick Stewart tells Georgia Humphreys why he finally agreed to reprise his role as Jean-Luc Picard

Eamonn MJ Coffey, counsel for Garda Golden’s widow, Nicola, and the couple’s three young children, told Mr Justice Michael Twomey in the High Court today that a mediator had been agreed

I write in relation to the letter from Dr Frank Davey, Laytown, Co Meath in the national media where he wrote about the tinkering with the GP service.

Nicole Ryan has joined a campaign group Safer From Harm in an appeal for a more compassionate response to drug use in society.

Ryan Tubridy has opened up about the Late Late Toy Show, which moved the nation last Friday.

All issues are still in play in the claim by the widow and family of murdered Garda Tony Golden for compensation, the High Court was told today. Mr Justice Michael Twomey heard the trial may take up to five days.

A Central Bank review of dual or differential pricing in the insurance sector will not make its first findings until the end of 2020, an Oireachtas Committee has heard.

Video games are now played by more than 2bn people worldwide — but despite affecting up to 8% of players, addiction still isn’t widely recognised, says Ferris Jabr.

Irish songbirds will club together to ward off hawks falcons or cuckoos, enemies much larger than themselves.

Dolores Grace, who tragically lost her sports-mad son to cancer has revealed that joining a gym helped her to cope with her grief after his death.

A father-to-be has appealed for help tracking down the “bastards” who may have written off his car in a suspected hit-and-run smash just days before his partner is due to give birth to their first child.

Who’s it going to be then, eh?

Dublin boy Adam Hyland is one of 50 inspirational teenagers who feature in bestselling author Margaret Rooke's new book.

At both primary and secondary level, school places for special needs children are at a premium and parents are under huge pressure with the lack of supports, writes Noel Baker

As pop-up gardens give us a taste of stunning arrays of plant life, Peter Dowdall shares his pick of the bunch of Irish gardens you should visit this summer

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

Ruth O’Connor asks four Irish creatives to write love letters to their Dads in time for Father’s Day

The state’s most vulnerable children are not benefiting from the economic upturn and use of words like “inclusiveness” and “equality” are sometimes little more than lip service, according to the Ombudsman for Children.

Even at rest, a constant whisper accompanies Linda Bishop Hosey’s breathing — the telltale sign of lungs forced to work hard to pull in the air around her.

Last Monday’s Irish Grand National evoked plenty of memories for Roy Craigie, many of them from long before he enjoyed an 11-year stint as Fairyhouse general manager up to 1999.

If Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s new-look Manchester United needed a calibration to measure how far they have come since Jose Mourinho

If Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s new-look Manchester United needed a calibration to measure how far they have come since Jose Mourinho departed then this match, despite the result, should leave them standing tall.

A coroner has issued a fresh warning about the dangers of window blind cords after hearing harrowing details about the death of a toddler in a freak accident.

Annual RNLI fundraiser, The Ballycotton Lifeboat Gala Dinner (February 1) at Ballymaloe House, this year kicks up its heels with a Moulin Rouge theme, including live music cocktail reception before a delicious dinner, followed by more live music and other entertainment, including a roulette wheel, goodie bags, raffle and spot prizes.

Olivia, 3, has dislocated her elbow two or three times, but was able to pop it back in to place herself.

Six months on, whose love has lasted the distance, who has scores to settle, and who is feeling single and ready to mingle once again?

The mother of two boys who were beaten in a suspected racist gang attack on their way home from school believes she has identified at least two of the “thugs” who attacked them.

Who is the best fit for the role?

Helen O’Callaghan talks to pupils and teachers at a Co Cork school about a nationwide initiative that sends gift boxes to kids in less privileged parts of the world

Dave Egner has divided loyalties this weekend as the Cork Harlequins side he plays for face the UCC team he coaches in the Irish Hockey Trophy.

Aston Villa boss Steve Bruce has warned Tottenham there is no cheap solution in their pursuit of Jack Grealish.

As they prepare for their last evening together in the villa, word reaches the Islanders that the Love Island Summer Ball awaits them.

Kinsale’s John Murphy will make his senior debut for Ireland in the European Amateur Team Championship in Germany next month.

If you had your wits about you last Sunday in Thurles, you might have seen a club outing at the Cork-Waterford match, but they came a lot further than from Mallow or Dungarvan.

Germany weren’t just shocked by Mexico on Sunday, they were just pipped by Galway too. And Roscommon.

Manchester United 2 Arsenal 1: For a fixture that has offered us the Battle of the Buffet, the sight of Patrick Vieira and Roy Keane snarling at each other like a pair of Rottweilers on steroids in the Old Trafford tunnel, this was a particularly low-key, some might say sad, way for Arsene Wenger to bid farewell to Manchester United.

The sister of a teenage boy who died after taking the synthetic "N-Bomb" drug is so frustrated at the lack of awareness programmes in schools that she is voluntarily setting up her own intensive drugs education cycles at post-primary level.

Robin Dawson might be the world No 98 and a recent star performer in the Bonallack Trophy but he admits he’d love to add an amateur “major” to his trophy cabinet should he eventually make the move into the professional ranks.

IT is with good reason that Saracens winger Sean Maitland has started calling his captain Brad Barritt ‘The Terminator’.

Owen Farrell will be given until Friday to prove his fitness for Saracens' Champions Cup quarter-final against Leinster but Billy Vunipola has been ruled out of the trip to Dublin.