Kya deLongchamps enjoys the whimsical interior of a period renovation and extension project near Fermoy which displays the flair of jeweller, Simon Barber.

Blazing a trail in Ireland with canned craft beer, Waterford company Metalman Brewing is focusing on expansion and on exports.

Scientists believe they may have found the strongest natural material known to man, one that could be copied to make the cars, boats and planes of the future - the teeth of the humble limpet.

Forget about gymnastics or ballet. Teens inspired by the Hunger Games films are increasingly joining archery clubs. It’s good, discipline says Nuala Wolfe.

MUSIC and war would seem to be polar opposite in the spectrum of human activity, yet it is music associated with war that is among the most treasured works in the canon of classical music. 

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Journalist Lynn Barber tells Richard Fitzpatrick why interviewers shouldn’t be afraid to look stupid and how she asked Jimmy Savile ‘that question’

There will be a lot of fanfare over the coming weeks to mark Gay Byrne’s 80th birthday, which falls in early August, as there has just been plaudits for Bill O’Herlihy, as he stepped away from the anchor seat of RTÉ’s sports department, having steered us through 10 World Cups and 10 Olympic Games on TV. And rightly so.

An England fan had his ear bitten off by another after the national side’s World Cup game against Uruguay.

LYNN Barber has just published a memoir, A Curious Career, about her days as Fleet Street’s greatest interviewer. Nobody can get to the nub of a celebrity like "the demon Barber".

A barber who counts Premier League footballers among his customers has had to shell out £240 (€287) after he put joke signs on drain covers saying “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles now hiring, inquire within”.

If you’ve failed with a detox, this season’s make-up is about creating — or faking — that elusive, healthy glow.

Owner Paul Barber has revealed Cheltenham Gold Cup hero Denman has spent the last five months in a veterinary hospital fighting for his life after contracting a potentially fatal infection.

In the middle of July, Sinéad O’Connor’s male nanny took her six and nine-year-old sons, Yeshua Bonadio and Shane O’Connor, from Dublin to Lyon.

He may have been born in the USA but we’ve claimed him as an Irishman.

On Saturday I travelled over to see Paul Nicholls at his Ditcheat base to have the final conversation on a subject we’ve been discussing for several weeks.

Most golfers will go the extra mile to be scrupulously fair.

The 24th Bond movie will be released within the next three years.

Five people including former spin doctor Andy Coulson and former News International chief executive Rebekah Brooks are facing charges linked to alleged bribery of public officials.

Five people including former spin doctor Andy Coulson and ex-News International chief executive Rebekah Brooks are facing charges linked to alleged bribery of public officials.

An alert has gone to abattoirs and livestock markets for a gang of rustlers which stole 105 sheep.

Champion Hurdle winner Rock On Ruby (far right) is set to have a new trainer next term as Harry Fry is planning to take out a training licence.

I HAD Tom Petty and the Heartbreaker’s Learning to Fly on repeat in my head, bumping down a dirt track to an unlikely airfield, home of the Cork Model Aero Club.

PLUMBER.

Police attending the siege in central London have arrested a man and begun a search of a building at the scene, Scotland Yard said.

Rock On Ruby ran out a most impressive winner of the Stan James Champion Hurdle at Cheltenham under Noel Fehily.

Garda raids on the 1,000-seater Rock Bingo hall in Togher were blamed by the proprietor for putting off big charities from holding their fundraising events at the premises at the High Court in Cork yesterday.

Connections of Chapoturgeon, the ante-post favourite for the Christie’s Foxhunter Chase, feel the grey will do himself justice at Cheltenham on Friday week.

The RTÉ concert orchestra yesterday provided the musical accompaniment to the funeral Mass for its former conductor, Noel Kelehan.

THE operators of Cork’s first ‘super’ bingo hall have defended their use of Longford rugby club’s lottery licence to stage bingo sessions on Leeside.

ALMOST two months after a battle over its legality forced it to close after two nights, Cork’s 1,000-seater bingo hall will reopen its doors to the public on New Year’s Day.

RUBY WALSH hailed Denman ‘a great horse’ after injury forced connections to call time on the legendary staying chaser’s stellar career yesterday.

PAUL BARBER has confirmed Ruby Walsh will be riding Denman in the Lexus Chase at Leopardstown later this month.

FIVE major Cork city sports groups have joined forces to hit out at the controversial €750,000 Rock Bingo development, claiming it will have a “devastating effect” on the funding of their organisations.

The biggest strike in Britain for over 30 years got under way today with schools, hospitals, courts, transport and government hit by a walkout involving up to two million workers.

ANDY STEWART is trusting in his partnership with Paul Barber to turn his luck for the better when Aiteen Thirtythree lines up for the Hennessy Gold Cup at Newbury today.

A GARDA superintendent whose officers searched a bingo hall and seized property in a case where the licence is in dispute said yesterday at the High Court in Cork that “the last thing I wanted to do was go down there and take bingo books from old ladies”.

A GARDA Superintendent who objected to a commercially run bingo hall operating in Cork city was described by the company’s barrister as a man with a mission with a “truly alarming” approach to the issue.

OWNER Paul Barber is keeping his fingers crossed Denman can take a leaf out of old rival Kauto Star’s book when he returns to action at Leopardstown next month.

The outcome of a case involving a Cork city bingo hall could set a precedent for charitable laws, says Fiachra Ó Cionnaith.

THE Cork bingo hall raided by gardaí last Tuesday has been forced to close yet again due to the threat of another raid — and may not reopen before November 21.

THE first numbers were last night finally called at the 1,000-seater Cork bingo hall raided by gardaí on Tuesday evening just 30 minutes before it was due to open.

THE controversial 1,000-seater bingo hall in Cork city will open for business tonight after securing a temporary High Court order.

JUST half an hour before it was due to open for the first time last night, gardaí raided a new 1,000-capacity bingo hall in Cork and seized all the bingo books.