MAIREAD Buicke, star of the operatic stage and concert platform, reveals that her first ensemble experience was as a member of the Newcastle West Pipe Band. 

Room, Sing Street, and My Name is Emily look set to be the big winners at the Irish Film and Television Awards (Iftas) as they have bagged eight nominations apiece.

A 24-year-old father of one, who attacked four members of a family with his ornamental knife, will be sentenced next week for killing one of them and harming the others.

A 23-year-old Dubliner has been found guilty of killing a father of three and injuring two of his children as well as their uncle following his daughter’s Junior Cert result celebrations.

The jury in the trial of a man charged with murdering a father of three has been asked to acquit him of murder and convict him of manslaughter by reason of self defence.

A trail of blood led gardaí from the body of a man stabbed in his neck to the home of his suspected killer, who was hiding behind furniture, a court has heard.

A man has described seeing his gut hanging out of his body after a confrontation following his niece’s Junior Certificate result celebrations two years ago.

A brother and sister have described the moment their father was killed during a confrontation following her Junior Certificate result celebrations two years ago.

Rebel Fitz, having a first outing for 160 days, produced a smashing display to land the www.racinghomeforeaster.com Hurdle at the students’ meeting at Cork yesterday.

A convicted murderer and a Louth man have been sentenced for stabbing two friends after a dispute over a disturbance from a house party.

Lost nowadays in all the enduring hype about Ronnie Delany’s 1500m gold medal at the 1956 Olympics in Melbourne is the fact Ireland came back from Australia with four other medals; Fred Tiedt (silver), Johnny Caldwell, Fred Gilroy and Anthony Byrne (all bronze) — all in boxing.

EVENTING Ireland Chairman John Wright hopes a root and branch analysis of the organisation will lead to a “slicker” operation.

A Dublin father of one has received a three-year suspended sentence and ordered to perform 240 hours community service for repeatedly stabbing a man in the face with a fork.

The father of the alleged inside man in a €2.28m "tiger kidnapping" robbery has claimed he was with him on the day in question.

Ellie (Atwell) is left in charge of the small group of residents who remain in a care home over the Christmas holidays … and quite a handful they turn out to be.

A host of stars are expected to turn out for a charity movie premier in Dublin tonight.

GARDAÍ yesterday upgraded a serious assault investigation to a murder hunt after a man died in hospital.

Gardaí in Dublin have formally launched a murder inquiry following the death of a man who was assaulted in the city earlier this year.

The National Boy 1,2 & 3 Championships commenced at the National Stadium in Dublin yesterday with thirty seven preliminary round and quarter final bouts in the Boy 1& 2 categories.

Several stories are spread across one evening, set in a down-market café where the chef’s skills are so good they’re positively sexual.

A debut feature from an Irish director starring John Hurt and Oscar-winning Vanessa Redgrave has wrapped up filming, it was confirmed today.

Gardaí are attempting to trace the whereabouts of a 44-year-old man who has been missing since Saturday.

Two people killed on the roads within the last 24 hours have been named.