People of all ages can be lonely, but a volunteer phone service provides a friendly voice for older people who live alone and who are more isolated and vulnerable, says Paul d’Alton

Women were abandoned by husbands, landlords and family during the Great Hunger, says Paul D’Alton

Ahead of the international trials in Ireland, Paul D’Alton goes sheep-herding with Con McGarry and his dog, Megan

An emotional Nicole Scherzinger refused to choose between her two singers as a fifth act was eliminated from 'The X Factor' tonight.

'X Factor' wannabe Abi Alton was rushed to hospital last night.

A Galway man wrongly convic-ted and hanged for the murder of a family of five in 1882 will be remembered next month ahead of efforts in the British Houses of Parliament to declare the conviction a miscarriage of justice.

A MOTORCYCLIST participating in a protest ride against helmet laws in New York state died after he flipped over the bike’s handlebars and hit his head on the road.

A condemned woman inmate lost before the Texas parole board and a federal court as her lawyers tried to stop her scheduled execution.